Transnational labour governance is in urgent need of a new paradigm of democratic participation, with those who are most affected - typically workers - placed at the centre. To achieve this, principles of industrial democracy and transnational governance must come together to inform institutions within global supply chains. This book traces the development of 'transnational industrial democracy', using responses to the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster as the empirical context. A particular focus is placed on the Bangladesh Accord and the JETI Workplace Social Dialogue programme. Drawing on longitudinal field research from 2013–2020, the authors argue that the reality of modern-day supply chain capitalism has neither optimal institutional frameworks nor effective structures of industrial relations. Informed by principles of industrial democracy, the book aims at enhancing emerging forms of private transnational governance as second-best institutions.
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1. Introduction; 2. The democratic deficit of global supply chains; 3. Democratic representation: structures and claims; 4. After Rana Plaza: mending a toxic supply chain; 5. Representative alliances in the creation of the Bangladesh Accord; 6. Creating representation through industrial democracy vs. CSR: the Accord and Alliance as a natural experiment; 7. When transnational governance meets national actors: The politics of exclusion in the Bangladesh Accord; 8. Building representative structures at the workplace level; 9. Conclusions: the emergence of transnational industrial democracy?; Appendix 1. The practical and political issues of studying transnational labour representation; Appendix 2. When CSR meets industrial relations: reflections on doing interdisciplinary scholarship.
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'Through their detailed empirical work on the ground in Bangladesh and their thoughtful theorising on democratic representation, the authors show that what seems like an unsolveable problem - achieving better labour standards in the global garment industry - hinges on one core ingredient: the voice of workers. Their book sheds light on who can legitimately take up this role in the absence of institutionalised structures of representation, taking us through the complex and fragile alliances on different levels that have emerged in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza disaster. A great read for anyone interested in the intricacies of making global supply chains more sustainable, be it from an industrial relations, a governance or a management perspective.' Elke Schüßler, Head of Institute of Organizational Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz
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This book shows how the Rana Plaza disaster led to voluntary labour governance initiatives based on a model of transnational industrial democracy.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781108708388
Publisert
2024-08-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
403 gr
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
275