Beyond the brands: COVID-19, supply chain governance, and the state-labor nexus

Michele Ford; Michael Gillan; Kristy Ward

doi:10.1111/irel.12321

Beyond the brands: COVID-19, supply chain governance, and the state-labor nexus

Michele Ford
, Michael Gillan
, Kristy Ward

Management and Organisations

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Abstract

This article analyses the role played by brands, producer-country governments, and unions in mitigating the impact of disruptions caused to garment supply chains by COVID-19 in Cambodia, Indonesia, and Myanmar. Its findings challenge brand-centric accounts, highlighting the need for more serious consideration of the dynamic, relational nature of labor governance-and, in particular, of the role of the state-labor nexus in determining producer-country unions' ability to exercise strategic agency within global supply chains.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	172-188
Number of pages	17
Journal	Industrial Relations
Volume	62
Issue number	2
Early online date	26 Sept 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12321
Publication status	Published - Apr 2023

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Beyond the brands: COVID-19, supply chain governance, and the state-labor nexus

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Scaling Global Labour: The Global Union Federations in Indonesia and India

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