Gewerkschaft als internationale soziale Bewegung: Das ExChains-Netzwerk in der Bekleidungsindustrie. (German)
In: Peripherie, Jg. 36 (2016-08-01), Heft 142/143, S. 201-223
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Unionising in the global garment industry has been and continues to be very diffi cult. Both in production and in retail, trade union work and self-organisation is hindered systematically and miserable working conditions are common. One reason for this are the structures of buyer-driven transnational production networks, within which few global retailers effectively determine the organisation of production, logistics and retail, as well as working conditions. As a reaction to these structures, unions, especially those in the garment industry, use national and international campaigns to create external pressure, often consumeroriented, to raise their concerns. While these campaigns help to build awareness, and, in specifi c cases of violation, put pressure on companies and states to change, they also have limitations. For example, such campaigns do not build suffi cient union power in the garment producing countries and are not able to improve fundamental working conditions. This article highlights the alternative approach that the ExChains-network of TIE Global has developed to build transnational solidarity in the global garment industry and to develop unionisation on the ground. Unionists from the retail sector in Germany cooperate with unionists from the garment industry in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh to develop new transnational strategies. As highlighted, this network takes up social movement unionism and aims to extend this experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Gewerkschaft als internationale soziale Bewegung: Das ExChains-Netzwerk in der Bekleidungsindustrie. (German)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Fütterer, Michael |
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Zeitschrift: | Peripherie, Jg. 36 (2016-08-01), Heft 142/143, S. 201-223 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2016 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0173-184X (print) |
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