| Title: | Organising attempts with migrant workers in slovenia : a case study of the class composition in a retail warehouse |
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| Authors: | ID Cvelfar, Ana (Author)
ID Rojc, Aleš (Author)
ID Šketa, Živa (Author)
ID Tomat, Nastja (Author)
ID Zakelšek, Marja (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  IČKZ - Institute for the Journal for the Critique of Science
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| Abstract: | The article presents the specificities of migrant workers’ labour organising in present-day Slovenia. The authors use operaist co-research (conricerca) as a praxis of labour organising
and analysing the class composition of migrant workers in a warehouse at one of the biggest retail companies in Slovenia. Drawing on their experience with operaist co-research
in organising retail workers, the authors point out the need for and challenges with organising (migrant) workers in retail warehouses. Based on semi-structured interviews with
three migrant workers in this retail warehouse, the article describes the labour process at their workplace. We show that an increasing share of migrant workers in warehouses
has changed the political and technical composition of retail workers. Drawing parallels between past and present forms of labour exploitation of workers, we argue that while
sectoral contexts and migrant demographics have changed, capital’s strategies of labour fragmentation remain the same. We call for a combined approach to organising migrant workers in contemporary Slovenia: we compare the use of co-research by the Cedra collective in retail workers’ trade unions, to other forms of labour organising and migrant workers’ self-organising, such as the Invisible Workers of the World. We conclude with
presenting the ongoing activities of Class Issue collective, which include individual legal support for migrant workers and the publication of a workers’ bulletin. These activities
function as a political intervention aimed at building solidarity and collective power. |
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| Keywords: | migrant work, co-research, Class issue, warehouses, class composition, retail |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.01.2026 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 225-241 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 53, št. 295 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-28265  |
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| UDC: | 314.117-054.72-027.583 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0351-4285 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 269381891 |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 20.03.2026 |
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| Views: | 44 |
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| Downloads: | 22 |
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