Organising Beyond the Employment Relationship: Scaling Up and Institutional Power in Own-Account Unions
Published online on February 21, 2026
Abstract
Work, Employment and Society, Ahead of Print.
Sex workers lack structural power; they cannot withdraw their labour to stop production and most do not have a single employer with whom to collectively bargain. The absence of ‘wage-effort bargaining’ has led to conclusions that these workers cannot form ...
Sex workers lack structural power; they cannot withdraw their labour to stop production and most do not have a single employer with whom to collectively bargain. The absence of ‘wage-effort bargaining’ has led to conclusions that these workers cannot form ...