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Unfree Labour (2016)
Book Chapter
McGrath, S. (2016). Unfree Labour. In N. Castree, M. Goodchild, A. Kobayashi, W. Liu, D. Marston, & D. Richardson (Eds.), International encyclopedia of geography : people, the Earth, environment, and technology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786352

The persistence and reproduction of unfree labor challenges our understanding of labor relations under capitalism. Some of those concerned with this phenomenon label it “new slavery,” but this implies that it had ended and has since returned. An anal... Read More about Unfree Labour.

Unfreedom and Workers’ Power: Ever-present Possibilities (2015)
Book Chapter
McGrath, S., & Strauss, K. (2015). Unfreedom and Workers’ Power: Ever-present Possibilities. In K. van der Pijl (Ed.), Handbook of the international political economy of production (299-317). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783470211.00029

Trafficking, forced labour and related phenomena have been documented time and again in recent years by advocacy groups, the media and government agencies. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that there are 20.9 million people in so... Read More about Unfreedom and Workers’ Power: Ever-present Possibilities.