Preisdruck in globalen Wertschöpfungsketten und seine Auswirkungen auf Gewalt und Belästigung am Arbeitsplatz

Mark Anner

WSI-Mitteilungen, 2021, vol. 74, issue 1, 28-36

Abstract: Power asymmetries in Global Value Chains (GVCs) have been associated with low wages, long hours of work, and violations of freedom of association rights. Less studied has been the impact of GVC power asymmetries on work intensity and violence and harassment at work. This article seeks to fill that gap through original survey research on the Indian garment export industry. It finds that 64 per cent of workers report that they experienced verbal abuse, most often for not meeting a management-imposed production target. Addressing these issues requires ratification of ILO Convention 190 and changes to domestic regulation. And it requires that enterprises at the top of GVCs change purchasing practice that contribute to violence at work and their acceptance of binding agreements in their value chains to end violence and harassment at work, in accordance with the recent agreement on the textile and clothing industry in Lesotho.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2021-1-28

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