Globalization and cross-border labor solidarity in the Americas : the anti-sweatshop movement and the struggle for social justice /

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This book describes how workers, unions and NGOs from four Central American countries--Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua--fought back and struggled for social justice alongside US-based unions and NGOs.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Armbruster-Sandoval, Ralph, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Subjects:
Offshore assembly industry > Employees > Labor unions > Central America.
International labor activities > Central America.
Clothing workers > Labor unions > Central America.
Sweatshops > Central America.
Globalization > Economic aspects > Central America.
Entreprises délocalisées > Personnel > Syndicats > Amérique centrale.
Travailleurs > Activités internationales > Amérique centrale.
Travailleurs du vêtement > Syndicats > Amérique centrale.
Sweating-system > Amérique centrale.
Mondialisation > Amérique centrale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Clothing workers > Labor unions.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
International labor activities.
Offshore assembly industry > Employees > Labor unions.
Sweatshops.
Central America.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Globalization and cross-border labor solidarity in the Americas
  • Globalization and cross-border labor solidarity in the Guatemalan maquiladora industry
  • The Salvadoran maquiladora industry and cross labor solidarity
  • The Honduran maquiladora industry and cross-labor solidarity
  • Ni un paso atrás! = Not one step back! : Chentex and cross-border labor solidarity in the Nicaraguan maquiladora industry
  • Globalization and cross-border labor solidarity : is another world possible?

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