Slaves to fashion : poverty and abuse in the new sweatshops /

Ross, Robert J. S., 1943-

Slaves to fashion : poverty and abuse in the new sweatshops / Robert J. S. Ross. - 1 online resource -

Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-376) and index.

Introduction: Sweatshops are where hearts starve -- PART 1: THE FALL AND RISE OF SWEATSHOPS IN THE UNITED STATES: What is a sweatshop? -- Appendix I: Estimating the number of sweatshop workers in the United States in 2000 -- Memory of strike and fire -- The decline of sweatshops in the United States -- The era of decency and the return of the sweatshop -- PART 2: EXPLAINING THE RISE OF THE NEW SWEATSHOPS: Global capitalism and race to the bottom in the production of our clothes -- Retail chains: the eight-hundred- pound gorillas of the world trade in clothing -- Firing guard dogs and hiring foxes -- Immigrants and imports -- Union busting and the global runaway shop -- Framing immigrants, humilitating big shots: mass media and the sweatshop issue -- Appendix 2: Details of the immigrant blame analysis -- Conclusion to Part 2: Producing sweatshops in the United States -- PART 3: MOVEMENTS AND POLICIES: Combating sweatshops from the grass roots -- Solidarity North and South: reframing international labor rights -- Ascending a ladder of effective antisweatshop policy -- Three pillars of decency -- Personal epilogue: Hearts starve.

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Supported by carefully researched evidence, the author traces the 20th century fall and tragic rebirth of sweatshop conditions in the American apparel industry.


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9780472025664 ebook 047202566X cloth : alk. paper cloth : alk. paper 1282594052 9781282594050 9786612594052 6612594055 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)

9780472025664 10.3998/mpub.15439

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Sweatshops.
Clothing workers.
Clothing trade--Corrupt practices.
Sweating-system.
Travailleurs du vêtement.
Vêtements--Industrie et commerce--Pratiques déloyales.
sweatshops.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Economic Policy.
Clothing trade--Corrupt practices
Clothing workers
Sweatshops
Textilindustrie
Arbeitsbedingungen
Bekleidungsindustrie
Ausbeutung
Kleermakerijen.
Uitbuiting.
Armoede.
Arbeiders.
Management.
Industrial Management.
Business & Economics.
Vêtements--Industrie et commerce--Pratiques déloyales.
Sweating system.


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