Kelly Pike
Associate Professor at York University School of Human Resources Management
Kelly Pike earned her PhD from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. She specializes in the role of worker voice and participation in the regulation of international labour standards, with a particular focus on the global garment industry.
Her research contributes to the literature on regulating labour in global value chains. Her most recent publications appear in Industrial and Labor Relations Review; Gender, Work and Organization; Journal of Developing Societies; Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations; and the ILO Better Work Discussion Paper series.
Rethabile’s Story
Details: Documentary produced by Dreamscope as part of our project on Decent Work Regulation in Africa. The film launched at the ILO in Geneva in July 2019, and subsequently screened at the Global Labour Research Centre and the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (Nov 2019), as well as LERA and ILERA (June 2020).
In the garment factories of Maseru, Lesotho, workers make clothes to be sold in the United States and South Africa. What is day-to-day life like in the factories? Let ex-factory worker Rethabile take you to the places she used to work, meet her friends, and describe her role in the Decent Work Regulation project. This is Rethabile’s Story.
