Mendonça, P. and Adăscăliței, D. (2020) Trade union power resources within the supply chain: marketisation, marginalisation, mobilisation. Work, Employment and Society, 34 (6). pp. 1062-1078. ISSN 0950-0170
Abstract
This article examines how pressures stemming from the structure and dynamics of supply chains shape employment relations at the workplace level. Using qualitative data from two organisational case studies operating within the same supply chain, it highlights that supply chains can constrain or enhance trade unions’ capacity to organise and mobilise. Supply chain rationalisation is found to be a key determinant in the reconfiguration of labour and labour process with significant consequences for working conditions. However, trade unions can also use supply chain structures to effectively mobilise and defend the interests of their constituents. The article finds that trade union effectiveness develops against the articulation of an agenda that goes beyond the workplace and transcends organisational boundaries. In particular, strategies that rely on building coalitions and lobbying different actors across the supply chain are found to be effective and contribute to better working conditions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author(s). This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Work, Employment and Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | employment relations; mobilisation; power resources; supply chains; trade union |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LTD UK SBS CR19019 EUROPEAN COMMISSION (NON FRAMEWORK) VS/2019/0096 ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ES/T001771/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2021 13:23 |
Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2021 11:30 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0950017020906360 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:161072 |