LEADER 05268nam 2200625 450 001 9910817802103321 005 20230803201705.0 010 $a92-2-127803-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000082924 035 $a(EBL)1590989 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001127993 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11959509 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001127993 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11058335 035 $a(PQKB)10687052 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1590989 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1590989 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10822280 035 $a(OCoLC)868925220 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000082924 100 $a20130812d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTowards better work $eunderstanding labour in apparel global value chains /$fedited by Arianna Rossi, Amy Luinstra and John Pickles 210 1$aBasingstoke :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (339 p.) 225 0$aAdvances in labour studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a92-2-127802-6 327 $aCover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Preface; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Figure I.1 Apparel production system; Part I; 1 Re-embedding the Market: Global Apparel Value Chains, Governance and Decent Work; Box 1.1 China's Labour Contract Law; 2 Economic and Social Upgrading of Developing Countries in the Global Apparel Sector: Insights from Using a Parsimonious Measurement Approach; Table 2.1 Country sample; Table 2.2 Top 15 apparel exporters in 2010 327 $aTable 2.3 Apparel exports (in million US) and world export market shares (%), 2000-2010 Table 2.4 Aggregated apparel export unit values (in US/kilogram); Figure 2.1 Economic upgrading and downgrading in the apparel sector,2004-2009; Table 2.5 Employment in the apparel sector, 2000-2009; Table 2.6 Nominal wages and labour costs in the apparel sector (in US), 2000-2009; Figure 2.2 Social upgrading and downgrading in the apparel sector, 2004-2009; Figure 2.3 Prototype matrix of 'overall upgrading/downgrading'; Figure 2.4 'Overall upgrading and downgrading' in the apparel sector, 2004-2009 327 $a3 How 'Fair' Are Wage Practices along the Supply Chain? A Global Assessment Box 3.1 Definition of fair wages; Table 3.1 The 12 fair wage dimensions; Figure 3.1 Regional distribution of suppliers; Figure 3.2 Enterprises with dual records (%); Figure 3.3 Enterprises with payment problems (%); Figure 3.4 Enterprises with payment problems (%), by country; Figure 3.5 Companies' starting wage compared to minimum wage (MW); Figure 3.6 Starting wage compared to minimum wage (% of enterprises); Figure 3.7 Enterprises paying social security contributions (%) 327 $aFigure 3.8 Enterprises providing paid holidays (%)Figure 3.9 Payment of prevailing wage (PW); Table 3.2 Wage disparity between workers at the top and those at the bottom (between highest and lowest wages), 2010; Figure 3.10 Number of hours worked per week; Figure 3.11 Percentage of companies underpaying overtime; Table 3.3 Nominal wages increases compared to price increases, 2008-2010; Table 3.4 Pay systems by country (use of disciplinary cuts and wage grids), 2010; Table 3.5 Piece rate (PR) systems, by country, 2010; Table 3.6 Wage structure (bonuses), by country, 2010 327 $aTable 3.7 Provision of non-monetary benefits, by country, 2010 Table 3.8 Communication on wages, by country, 2010; Table 3.9 Percentage of companies where workers were aware of their wage and benefits; Table 3.10 Social dialogue practices, by country, 2010; Table 3.11 Overview of the three companies; Table 3.12 Main employment and wage developments in the three companies,China; Table 3.13 Companies' starting and average wages compared to the Asia Floor Wage, China; Table 3.14 Top-down wage gap in the three companies; Table 3.15 Companies' wage structure, China, 2011 327 $aTable 3.16 Fair wage performance of the three companies, China 330 $aThis new volume analyses how workers, governments and business can collaborate in order to confront the key opportunities and challenges affecting labour in apparel global value chains. It provides new empirical insights into the garment sector in Asia (Cambodia, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic), Europe (Romania), Africa (Lesotho, Morocco) and the Americas (Haiti, Nicaragua), with a focus on wages, worker empowerment and the institutional contexts facilitating or hampering the attainment of improved working conditions. 410 0$aAdvances in Labour Studies 606 $aClothing workers$xSupply and demand 606 $aManufacturing industries$xEmployees$xSupply and demand 615 0$aClothing workers$xSupply and demand. 615 0$aManufacturing industries$xEmployees$xSupply and demand. 676 $a331.12587 701 $aRossi$b Arianna$01613104 701 $aLuinstra$b Amy$01613105 701 $aPickles$b John$f1952-$0623816 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817802103321 996 $aTowards better work$93942229 997 $aUNINA