Sewing hope : how one factory challenges the apparel industry's sweatshops /

"Sewing Hope offers the first account of a bold challenge to apparel-industry sweatshops. The Alta Gracia factory in the Dominican Republic is the anti-sweatshop. It boasts a living wage three times the legal minimum, high health and safety standards, and a legitimate union--all verified by an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Adler-Milstein, Sarah, 1983- (Autor), Kline, John M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Temas:
Alta Gracia Apparel.
Clothing trade > Moral and ethical aspects.
Sweatshops.
Social responsibility of business.
Sweating-system.
Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale.
sweatshops.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The difference between heaven and earth : introducing Alta Gracia
  • From factory favorite to fighter : human cost of the "Race to the Bottom"
  • Risky proposition, unlikely alliance : founding a new factory
  • Ideals into action : building an anti-sweatshop model
  • Escaping scripted roles : unexpected benefits of a new approach
  • Stories of transformation : diverse impacts of a living wage
  • Surviving on our own : adjusting the business model
  • Replication or revolution : Alta Gracia in context
  • Afterword: taking action.

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