Power Resources in Theory and Practice: Where to Go from Here

Brookes, Marissa

doi:10.15173/glj.v9i2.3571

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“…Women workers shape and use their everyday places and spaces of (re)production in very specific ways by building on specific 'gendered "power resources"' from below (cf. Brookes, 2018;Schmalz et al, 2018). This stands in stark contrast to dominant manifestations of labour beyond the local scale, namely primarily formal networks or organizations mostly in terms of male-dominated trade unions and their common ways to (re)act from above.…”

Section: Towards a Gendered Labour Geographymentioning

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A gendered labour geography perspective on the Cambodian garment workers’ general strike of 2013/2014

Doutch

2021

Globalizations

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This article argues for a gendered labour geography perspective on the Cambodian garment workers' general strike of 2013/2014 to reveal the contradictory nature of the strike and the general contradictory existence of labour and labour agency in the country. On the local scale, labour is embodied by mostly women workers who used their everyday places and spaces of (re)production for their labour (re)actions, transcending spatial boundaries while building on their structural and collective power from below. Beyond that local scale, labour is primarily represented by formal labour networks and organizations such as trade unions, which are mostly dominated by men and caught up in political power struggles from above. Drawing on qualitative research in Cambodia, the article shows how important it is to follow a women workers' perspective from below to unveil the emancipatory potential of women workers who fight for much more than just an official minimum wage increase.

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Section: Towards a Gendered Labour Geographymentioning

confidence: 96%

A gendered labour geography perspective on the Cambodian garment workers’ general strike of 2013/2014

Doutch

2021

Globalizations

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“…Secondly as Marissa Brookes (2018) suggests, the PRA helps shift the debate from a focus on the impact of globalisation on labour to the strategic choices being exercised by the labour movement. Brookes emphasises the practical utility of the PRA as a way in which labour leaders can begin a process of renewal.…”

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confidence: 99%

Power Resources and Global Capitalism

Schmalz¹,

Ludwig²,

Webster

2019

GLJ

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We welcome the five responses to our introductory article published in the May and September 2018 issues of the Global Labour Journal and thank the editors of the GLJ for providing a platform for a more in-depth discussion of the origins, development and application of the Power Resources Approach (PRA). Our aim is to deepen the debate among critical labour scholars by introducing into the dominant narrative of union decline worldwide examples of innovative trade unionism. PRA is a way of analysing these developments, and we look forward to many more contributions on this, and other ways, of exploring the future of labour.Clearly there are important areas of agreement between ourselves and the comments made on our article. There are also areas where we feel our approach to PRA has been misunderstood, and there are areas of disagreement. Let us deal with the agreements first.

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“…For a moment, they had the momentum; however, tables turned when Huntington mine stopped all production at the plant, engineering, and support services and instructed workers not to report for duty. The pendulum swung because power is relational as capital can draw from the same power resources (Brookes 2018; Schmalz, Ludwig, and Webster 2018). The striking workers became isolated and fellow workers could not join them as the mine had been cordoned off, hence weakening their associational power due to limited number of striking workers.…”

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Evaluation of Labor Agency Strategy: The Case of a Strike at a South African Opencast Mine in 2012

Mashayamombe

2019

Labor Studies Journal

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The South African mining sector has experienced labor conflicts characterized by militancy and violence. Militancy and violence was evident along South Africa’s platinum belt between 2012 and 2014. In the case of Huntington mine, about three hundred workers managed to pull a spectacular strike action when they captured mine equipment and threatened to destroy it if their demands were not met. Drawing together concepts of space, power, and agency, it is argued that the wildcat strike was a failure because power resources were not consolidated and used effectively. As a result, their demands were not met, and they lost their jobs at Huntington mine.

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Power Resources in Theory and Practice: Where to Go from Here

Cited by 21 publications

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A gendered labour geography perspective on the Cambodian garment workers’ general strike of 2013/2014

A gendered labour geography perspective on the Cambodian garment workers’ general strike of 2013/2014

Power Resources and Global Capitalism

Evaluation of Labor Agency Strategy: The Case of a Strike at a South African Opencast Mine in 2012

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