ABSTRACT

This article argues for a gendered labour geography perspective on the Cambodian garment workers’ general strike of 2013/2014 to reveal the contradictory nature of the strike and the general contradictory existence of labour and labour agency in the country. On the local scale, labour is embodied by mostly women workers who used their everyday places and spaces of (re)production for their labour (re)actions, transcending spatial boundaries while building on their structural and collective power from below. Beyond that local scale, labour is primarily represented by formal labour networks and organizations such as trade unions, which are mostly dominated by men and caught up in political power struggles from above. Drawing on qualitative research in Cambodia, the article shows how important it is to follow a women workers’ perspective from below to unveil the emancipatory potential of women workers who fight for much more than just an official minimum wage increase.

摘要

本文以性别劳动地理学视角看待 2013/2014 年柬埔寨制衣工人的总罢工，以揭示罢工的矛盾本质以及该国劳工和劳务中介的普遍矛盾存在。在地方尺度上，劳动力主要由女性工人体现，她们利用日常场所和（再）生产空间进行劳动（再）行动，超越空间界限，同时从下而上建立起她们的结构和集体力量。除了当地的规模之外，劳工主要由正式的劳工网络和工会等组织代表，这些组织主要由男性主导并卷入自上而下的政治权力斗争。借鉴柬埔寨的定性研究，