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- Title
Power relations in global supply chains and the unequal distribution of costs during crises: Abandoning garment suppliers and workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
- Abstract
In early 2020, apparel brands and retailers cancelled US$40 billion worth of orders, with critical consequences for suppliers and workers. Their actions illustrate the power asymmetries in global supply chains and the unequal distribution of costs during crises. This article explores these dynamics through original survey data, supplier questionnaires, stakeholder interviews, a time‐line analysis and trade data analysis. Findings point to certain limits of buyer power, reflected in the effective collaboration between suppliers and worker rights advocates in the "#PayUp" campaign. Yet buyers retain the power to squeeze suppliers with adverse impacts on workers, thus leading to calls for binding agreements.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; DISTRIBUTION costs; SUPPLY chains; CLOTHING workers; COVID-19 pandemic; POWER (Social sciences); SUPPLY chain management
- Publication
International Labour Review, 2022, Vol 161, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
0020-7780
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ilr.12337