Can solidarity be organized "from below" in global supply chains? The case of ExChains

Abstract: Global supply chains in the garment industry are marked by labour standard violations in factories as well as retail stores. Against this background it is important to strengthen the bargaining power of workers along the supply chain. Establishing direct relationships among workers along the supply chain could be one way to achieve this aim. This paper builds on extant literature on transnational solidarity and highlights the specific challenges of understanding solidarity in a transnational social space by looking at the empirical context of global garment supply chains. It hereby seeks to go beyond treating "solidarity" as a mere metaphor for any form of transnational union or worker cooperation, and instead engages with the cultural-normative dimensions of the concept as referring to mutual bonds among groups of workers. By looking at the case of the ExChains network, this paper examines some of the opportunities and challenges involved in establishing and maintaining transnatio

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Kann Solidarität "von unten" in globalen Zuliefererketten organisiert werden? Der Fall ExChains
• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management ; 25 (2018) 4 ; 400-424

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wer): SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
• (wann): 2018
• Urheber: Lohmeyer, Nora ; Schüßler, Elke ; Helfen, Markus

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.3224/indbez.v25i4.02
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-63457-8
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:47 MEZ