Sewing hope : how one factory challenges the apparel industry's sweatshops / Sarah Adler-Milstein and John M. Kline.
نوع المادة : نصاللغة: الإنجليزية الناشر:Oakland : University of California Press, ©2017وصف:xiii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780520292925 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- TT498 .A35 2017
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | TT498 .A35 2017 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000054781 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | TT498 .A35 2017 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30020000053987 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 independent monitor. It is the only apparel factory in the global south to meet these criteria. The Alta Gracia business model represents an alternative to the industry's "race to the bottom" with its inherent poverty wages and unsafe factory conditions. Workers' stories reveal how adding $0.90 to a sweatshirt's production price can change lives: from getting a life-saving operation to reuniting families; from obtaining first-ever bank loans to getting running water; from purchasing children's school uniforms to taking night classes. Sewing Hope invites readers into the apparel industry's sweatshops and the Alta Gracia factory. Learn how the anti-sweatshop started, how it overcame challenges, and how the impact of its business model could transform the global industry."--Provided by publisher.