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Slaves to fashion : poverty and abuse in the new sweatshops
Verfasst von:
Ross, Robert J. S.
Ann Arbor, Mich.:
Univ. of Michigan Press
,
2004
,
396 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Ross, Robert J. S. |
| Jahr: | 2004 |
| Maße: | 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0472109413 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Detailing the decline and rebirth of sweatshop conditions in the American apparel industry of the twentieth century, Ross explains the new sweatshops as a product of unregulated global capitalism and associated deregulation, union erosion, and exploitation of undocumented workers. Using historical material and economic and social data, the author shows that after a brief thirty-five years of fair practices, the U.S. apparel business has once again sunk to abuse and exploitation. Documented in depth, "Slaves to Fashion" is a work that estimates the size of the sweatshop problem and systematically shows its impact on apparel workers' wages. It is unique in its analysis of the budgets and personnel used in enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act. This contribution to the rising debate on low-wage factory labor interesting is for everyone who is concerned about this urgent social and economic topic and wants to go beyond the headlines. | |
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