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

Michele Ford, Michael Gillan and Kristy Ward

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2023, vol. 62, issue 2, 172-188

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.

Date: 2023
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