Global labour studies: the crises and an emerging research agenda

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Notes

1. Bieler, ‘Neo-liberal Globalization’.

2. International Union of Foodworkers, Workers’ Guide, 5.

3. Ho, Liquidated.

4. Ho, Liquidated, 4.

5. Tett, Fools Gold, for a detailed analysis of the genesis of CDOs and the role they have played and continue to play in the GFC.

6. Standing, Precariat, 35.

7. Standing, Precariat, 40.

8. Wright, ‘Working-class Power’, 962–3.

9. Herod, ‘On Transparency and Opacity’.

10. Chun, Organizing at the Margins, 1–23.

11. Piven, ‘Power Repertoires’, 423–7; Silver, Forces of Labor, 13–16; 170–3.

12. Webster et al., Grounding Globalization.

13. Clawson, ‘Neo liberalism not Globalization’.

14. Serrano and Xhafa, ‘Grounding Thinking Utopia’.

15. The sense of exploitation is evident in statements of participants. ‘All I want is a roof over my head, food on the table and the dignity of an honest pay check. Is this too much to ask?’ See postings of NYCLAW (New York City Labor against the War).