Spotlight: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in Global Supply Chains: A Research Agenda

This week we talked to Sarosh Kuruvilla about his research with Chunyun Li entitled “ Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in Global Supply Chains: A Research Agenda”

“This article outlines a research agenda for Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, two fundamental labor rights essential to the achievement of “Decent Work” for workers in global supply chains. The authors argue that SCM scholars are uniquely positioned to address how workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining rights in global supply chains could be improved. This stems, in part, from the fact that SCM researchers and industry practitioners share a common “logic of efficiency” in the analysis of supply chains. The authors suggest three broad areas of research on freedom of association and collective bargaining, with their attendant methodological implications.”
Full Article available here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jscm.12259
https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12259

This research is also part of our EDI: Managing Working Conditions in Supply Chains: Towards Decent Work
Our Webinar video on this EDI can be viewed below