LEADER 03431nam 2200673Ia 450 001 996205341503316 005 20230617005454.0 010 $a1-280-28633-4 010 $a9786610286331 010 $a0-470-76143-1 010 $a1-4051-5307-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000341912 035 $a(EBL)243573 035 $a(OCoLC)475964587 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259051 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194659 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259051 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272807 035 $a(PQKB)10695436 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC243573 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4523942 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000341912 100 $a20050302d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aThreads of labour$b[electronic resource] $egarment industry supply chains from the workers' perspective /$fedited by Angela Hale and Jane Wills 210 $aMalden, Mass. ;$aOxford $cBlackwell$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 225 1 $aAntipode book series 300 $a"Women Working Worldwide." 311 $a1-4051-2638-8 311 $a1-4051-2637-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [240]-253) and index. 327 $aThreads 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 327 $a7 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 330 $aThreads of Labour presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations and makes sense of global supply chains from the bottom up.Presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations in ten different locations in Asia, Europe and Mexico.Creates a blueprint for conducting worker-orientated action research in order to better understand and resist the negative impact of globalization on labour.Ensures that workers' voices reach those who are already trying to reconfigure global capitalism in more humane dir 410 0$aAntipode book series. 606 $aWomen clothing workers$xEconomic conditions 606 $aClothing trade$xSubcontracting 606 $aClothing workers$xLabor unions 606 $aEmployee rights 615 0$aWomen clothing workers$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aClothing trade$xSubcontracting. 615 0$aClothing workers$xLabor unions. 615 0$aEmployee rights. 676 $a331.0487 676 $a331.7/687 701 $aHale$b Angela$0855355 701 $aWills$b Jane$0573419 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996205341503316 996 $aThreads of labour$91909559 997 $aUNISA