Ford, Michele, Michael Gillan, and Kristy Ward. 2023. “Beyond the Brands: COVID‐19, Supply Chain Governance, and the State–Labor Nexus.” Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 62(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.
