 Ways of Life after Redundancy: Anatomy of a Community Following Factory ClosurePaul Blyton and Jean Jenkins Chapter 9 in Ways of Living, 2010, pp 202-219 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines the fate of redundant workers and their community in the industrial region of South Wales, U.K., where redundancy has been a ‘normal rather than exceptional feature’ of life since the middle of the last century (Harris and Fevre, 1987: 49). It analyses the experiences of workers made redundant by the international clothing company Burberry, as it closed its manufacturing plant in the Rhondda Valleys and moved its production to China. The chapter begins by considering redundancy in the context of contemporary capitalism. It then briefly examines the particular experience of the South Wales valleys, followed by an evaluation of the impact of job loss on the lives of the individual employees, their families and their community. In terms of the themes being explored in this volume, we discuss the challenge that different groups face in achieving a satisfactory integration of their work and non-work lives in a context of redundancy, poor job prospects and low pay. Keywords: Weekly Earning; Redundant Worker; Contemporary Capitalism; Factory Closure; Clothing Factory (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-27399-3_9 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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