Revisiting „Global Workers Unite“: Worker fragmentation and worker alliances in global capitalism (3/3)

Fachsitzung
Sitzungs-ID
FS-433
Sitzungsreihe
Termin
Donnerstag (21. September 2023), 18:15–19:45
Raum
SH 1.106
Sitzungsleitung
Christin Bernhold (Universität Hamburg)
Márton Czirfusz (Periféria Policy and Research Center)
Stefanie Hürtgen (Universität Salzburg)
Nadine Reis (El Colegio de México)
Nicolas Schlitz (Universität Graz)
Kurz­be­schreib­ung
Based on class relations of capital accumulation, capital draws on existing differences within the workforce to increase rates of exploitation and actively creates and reinforces such differences. On this note, this session discusses worker fragmentation and worker alliances in global capitalism. Part 3: Gigs, precarious jobs – Alliances in contexts of socioeconomic and work process-related differentiation
Schlag­wörter
Geographien der Arbeit, Sozialgeographie, English-language session
Valentin Niebler (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Coalitional power in digital capitalism: Alliances of gig and tech workers