Promoting the associational power of workers in globalized production networks: A missed opportunity.
The author discusses the capacity of labour NGOs to strengthen the associational power of Chinese workers in globalized production networks by using their leverage to pressure multinationals into launching programmes to elect workers' committees in factories. Based on an empirical survey conducted b...
| Published in: | International Labour Review Vol. 162; no. 1; pp. 99 - 122 |
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Open Library of Humanities
Mar2023
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