Commodity chains and labour relations

Description

The international conference focuses on the role of work and labour in transnational commodity chains. The focus is on the mobilisation of labour force for work within the commodity chains and their incorporation and involvement in commodity chains, the (individual and organised) actions of workers and the question how the willingness for integration, refusal and social struggles impact the specific composition and development of different commodity chains. Special attention will be given to the combination of different labour relations and the effects of such combinations on the companies and workers located at different positions in the production chain, including the linkage of workers operative within the commodity chains with their family members performing unpaid work in their respective households. This requires a broad concept of work including regulated and informal, paid and unpaid, free and unfree work. Submission of proposals until 10 January 2016; notification of acceptance 14 February 2016. The venue will take place in Steyr, Museum Arbeitswelt, 15 - 17 September 2016.

Period	07 Sept 2015 → 31 Dec 2015
Event type	Conference
Location	AustriaShow on map