Description: Sewing Hope : How One Factory Challenges the Apparel Industry's Sweatshops, Paperback by Adler-milstein, Sarah; Kline, John M., ISBN 0520292928, ISBN-13 9780520292925, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "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 $ 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.
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Book Title: Sewing Hope : How One Factory Challenges the Apparel Industry's Sweatshops
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Topic: Labor & Industrial Relations, Business Ethics, Developing & Emerging Countries, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Labor, Workplace Culture
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Sarah Adler-Milstein, John M. K Line
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
