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Labour in global production networks: workers and unions in mining engineering work

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dc.contributor.authorTodd, P.
dc.contributor.authorEllem, B.
dc.contributor.authorGoods, C.
dc.contributor.authorRainnie, A.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, L.
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionData source: , Figures & Tables, https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X16684964
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding the role of labour, underplayed in global production networks (GPN) theory, has guided this research on the mining engineering services sector. During the project, the global mining industry entered a downturn. Asking how mining and engineering firms responded to that downturn is a specific variant of wider questions about the place of labour in GPNs and whether labour can shape the GPNs of which it is part. Based on interviews with union officials, workers and management in Australia, the authors show that cost-cutting by global mining companies impacted heavily on the mining engineering sector, pressuring global and local firms. Labour – be it the work process or workers themselves – was central to how firms reacted. The agency of workers and their union was deeply constrained because of the power of companies in GPNs and the nature of the national state and local economies, areas in need of further theoretical development.
dc.identifier.citationEconomic and Industrial Democracy, 2020; 41(1):98-120
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0143831X16684964
dc.identifier.issn0143-831X
dc.identifier.issn1461-7099
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/145675
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.relation.fundingARC 130100718
dc.rightsCopyright 2020 The Authors
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X16684964
dc.subjectengineering
dc.subjectglobal production networks
dc.subjectlabour
dc.subjectlabour process
dc.subjectmining
dc.subjectunions
dc.titleLabour in global production networks: workers and unions in mining engineering work
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9916476905301831

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