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UNINA9910877201703321 |
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Titolo |
Threads of labour : garment industry supply chains from the workers' perspective / / edited by Angela Hale and Jane Wills |
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Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-28633-4 |
9786610286331 |
0-470-76143-1 |
1-4051-5307-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women clothing workers - Economic conditions |
Clothing trade - Subcontracting |
Clothing workers - Labor unions |
Employee rights |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Women Working Worldwide." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-253) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Threads of Labour; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Threads of Labour in the Global Garment Industry; 2 The Changing Face of the Global Garment Industry; 3 Organising and Networking in Support of Garment Workers: Why We Researched Subcontracting Chains; 4 Action Research: Tracing the Threads of Labour in the Global Garment Industry; 5 Unravelling the Web: Supply Chains and Workers' Lives in the Garment Industry; 6 Coming Undone: The Implications of Garment Industry Subcontracting for UK Workers |
7 The Impact of Full-Package Production on Mexico's Blue Jean Capital8 Defending Workers' Rights in Subcontracted Workplaces; 9 The Phase-Out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement from the Perspective of Workers; 10 Conclusion; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Threads of Labour presents new empirical research by a network of |
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