@article{2017:dutchak:nextdoor_,
title = {Next-door relocation: Labour conditions and bargaining power in the Ukrainian made-for-brands garment industryThis article is based on a paper prepared for the 12th Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine, held at the University of Ottawa, 16-18 November 2017. https://www.danyliwseminar.com/.Oksana DutchakNext-door relocation},
year = {2017},
note = {This article is an attempt to close the respective gap in our
knowledge of labour pay rates and conditions in the Ukrainian
made-for-brands garment sector. It is also an attempt to map the
structural factors which are at the heart of the existing problems in
both labour conditions and labour bargaining power. The latter is
analysed in the framework of structure-agency relations to answer
questions about the mechanisms of local labour
empowerment/disempowerment in the context of this particular form of
production. Using a literature review against which to contextualise
original research into the article’s themes among Ukraine workers in
the sector, the article concludes that there are significant
differences as well as striking similarities within the Ukrainian
made-for-brands garment sector; the former coming from the
peculiarities of the post-Soviet context, the latter resulting from
the peculiarities of supply chain operations and the neoliberal
transformation of the economy. Bargaining power in the sector remains
low, while state support has the contradictory effect of allowing
producers to keep a disempowered labour force cheap.},
journal = {SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe},
pages = {197--212},
author = {Dutchak, Oksana},
volume = {20},
number = {2}
}