Labouring for global markets: Conceptualising labour agency in global production networks

► The study conceptualises labour agency in global production networks (GPNs). ► Labour agency includes everyday, informal and individual forms of workers' actions. ► Labour agency helps to shape the industry and the production network. ► Labour agency has significant impacts on workers' livelihoods and social relations. ► Labour's multiple forms of agency are illustrated with a South Indian case study.