This paper theorises the position of women footwear homeworkers through the lens of global production networks. Using data collected in India during 2011 to 2014, it illustrates the asymmetry of power between network actors, and attests to the poverty, invisibility and lack of acknowledgement...

This online supplement provides a detailed case study of the strategies pursued by a particulartrade union (Perbupas, which later changed its name to SBGTS) to claim the rights to freedom ofassociation and collective bargaining in a particular sports shoe factory (Factory C*) inIndonesia over a...

This case study describes how Indonesian garment and footwear workers, and allied organisations have used a combination of strategies to pursue their rights, which includes engaging with local and international non-judicial mechanisms. The case study analyses their efforts to influence the local...