1st Edition

International Trade, Labor Relations, and Bargaining Power International Strawberry Commodity Networks

By Matthew M. Fischer-Daly Copyright 2023
212 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

International Trade, Labor Relations, and Bargaining Power: International Strawberry Commodity Networks examines power in the commercial food system through the history of always available strawberries. Applying an interdisciplinary approach to case studies on strawberry production and sales in Mexico, Spain, and the United States, the author untangles the symbiotic relationships between the... Read more

Chapter 1. On International Commodity Networks and Dignity: New Approaches to the Social Dimensions of International Trade and Bargaining Power

Chapter 2. Dignity as Catalyst: Reorganizing Work in Strawberry Production in Washington, United States

Chapter 3. Divided, Demobilized: Containment of an Uprising in Strawberry Production in San Quintín, Mexico

Chapter 4. A Fragmented Labor Movement and Persistent Abuses in Strawberry Production in Huelva, Spain

Chapter 5. The Construction of Walmart’s Power to Set Terms of Exchange in the Strawberry Sector

Chapter 6. Why Poor Working Conditions Persist and Some Workers Transformed Labor Relations in the Strawberry Sector

Biography

Matthew M. Fischer-Daly is an Assistant Research Professor, Center for Global Workers’ Rights, School of Labor and Employment Relations, The Pennsylvania State University.