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The Business of Abolition: Marketizing ‘Anti‐slavery’ (2021)
Journal Article
McGrath, S., & Mieres, F. (2022). The Business of Abolition: Marketizing ‘Anti‐slavery’. Development and Change, 53(1), 3-30. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12701

This article conceptualizes contemporary abolitionism as a commodifying cause characterized by multiple processes of marketization. It demonstrates how concerns about the unethical commodification of labour form the basis of a variety of marketizatio... Read More about The Business of Abolition: Marketizing ‘Anti‐slavery’.

Ripe to be Heard: Worker Voice in the Fair Food Programme (2021)
Journal Article
Mieres, F., & McGrath, S. (2021). Ripe to be Heard: Worker Voice in the Fair Food Programme. International Labour Review, 160(4), 631-647. https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12204

The Fair Food Program (FFP) provides a mechanism through which agricultural workers’ collective voice is expressed, heard and responded to within global value chains. The FFP's model of worker-driven social responsibility presents an alternative to t... Read More about Ripe to be Heard: Worker Voice in the Fair Food Programme.