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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962518003321

Autore

Markkanen Pia <1966-, >

Titolo

Shoes, glues, and homework : dangerous work in the global footwear industry / / Pia Markkanen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017

ISBN

1-351-84178-5

1-351-84177-7

1-315-22373-2

0-89503-712-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Collana

Work, health, and environment series

Disciplina

363.19

Soggetti

Footwear industry - Employees - Health and hygiene - Indonesia

Footwear industry - Employees - Health and hygiene - Philippines

Glue - Toxicology - Indonesia

Glue - Toxicology - Philippines

Home labor - Indonesia

Home labor - Philippines

Work environment - Indonesia

Work environment - Philippines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2009 by Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""SHOES, GLUES, AND HOMEWORK: Dangerous Work in the Global Footwear Industry""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 The Structure of the Global Footwear Industry""; ""CHAPTER 2 Shoemaking and its Hazards""; ""CHAPTER 3 Informal Sector, Informal Economy""; ""CHAPTER 4 Does Gender Matter?""; ""CHAPTER 5 Shoe Chemicals and Right-to-Know""; ""CHAPTER 6 The Way Forward""; ""Index""; ""In Praise""; ""A Selection of Titles from the: Work, Health and Environment Series""; ""Back Cover""

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes working conditions in informal sector shoemaking in Indonesia and the Philippines, their national and international policy implications. It provides information on glues, an organic solvent,



found in footwear chemicals and women garment homeworkers in Bulacan.