Capital Comes North
Exploring the Discursive Challenges to International Solidarity among Nickel Miners in Sudbury, Ontario
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21829478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam D K King, Adam Dk King (0000-0002-4121-2873, York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Labour Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1918-6711 • E-ISSN: 1918-6711 |
| Publisher | McMaster University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15173/glj.v11i3.4173 |
| OpenAlex | W3089975794 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article draws on twenty-six qualitative interviews with rank-and-file United Steelworkersnickel miners in Sudbury, Ontario. It analyses some of the challenges to building internationalsolidarity at Brazilian-based multinational mining firm Vale. Engaging with labour geography andlabour movement renewal scholarship, the article explores how identity formation andinstitutional structures interact to shape workers’ understandings of their interests and capacities.In particular, it considers the impact of national identity as it arose in response to the issue offoreign ownership during the interviews. The findings suggest that attempts by the union todiscursively reframe workers’ struggle against their new multinational employer have yet to fullycontend with the persistence of spatially bound forms of working-class identity and interestsamong workers in the sample.KEYWORDS: international solidarity; discursive framing; spatial interests; national identity; nickel mining
Cognitive reframing · Geography · Multinational corporation · Political economy · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Solidarity · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Social Psychology
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Canadian Autoworkers, the Climate Crisis, and the Contradictions of Social Unionism
Contesting Labor Internationalism
Local Union Strategies in Cross-Border Alliances
Global Industrial Relations? Framework Agreements and the Regulation of International Labor Standards
Globalization Threatens Labor's Rights
Austerity, Right Populism, and the Crisis of Labour in Canada
An ‘emerging challenge’
Bridging the Gap between Class and Space
Forces of Labor
From Polanyi to Pollyanna
The Corporate Construction of Occupational Health and Safety
Militant Particularism and Global Ambition
It's a Working Man's Town
Geographies of the labour process
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |