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Clean Clothes Liesbeth Sluiter

Clean Clothes By Liesbeth Sluiter

Clean Clothes by Liesbeth Sluiter


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The worldwide struggle to improve the wages and conditions of sweatshop workers

Clean Clothes Summary

Clean Clothes: A Global Movement to End Sweatshops by Liesbeth Sluiter

The Clean Clothes Campaign is a worldwide movement that aims to improve the wages and conditions of sweatshop workers. This is the story of their struggle.

Large retailers such as Tesco, Walmart and Carrefour lure shoppers in with prices that seem too good to be true. This book shows that they're too good to be fair. All along the industry's supply chain, workers, often children, are exploited through poverty wages, unpaid overtime and harsh anti-union measures. The campaign urges those in charge of the garment industry's supply lines to protect their workers and treat them fairly.

This dynamic account of direct engagement by concerned consumers is a must read for those that see globalisation differently and want their shopping choices to support the most vulnerable people involved in the clothing industry.

Clean Clothes Reviews

'Creating conditions for fair labour in the global economy is the greatest moral challenge of our times. Clean Clothes is an indispensable and sure-footed guide to a sweat-free future' -- Andrew Ross, author of Low Pay, High Profile and Nice Work If You Can Get It
'Those of us who wear 'sweaters' might be interested to know that the word lies in the history of industrial organisation, as this masterful account makes clear. There is much insight on development trajectories to be gleaned from this book' -- Duncan Campbell, Director, Department of Economics and Labour Market Analysis, International Labour Organisation, United Nations

About Liesbeth Sluiter

Liesbeth Sluiter is a Dutch freelance photographer and journalist, who has worked for over 25 years with a passionate focus on environment, gender and global development issues. For the past three years she has focused on the issue of working conditions in the global garment industry and on the work of the Clean Clothes Campaign, she is the author of Clean Clothes (Pluto, 2009).

Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Preface
Introduction
Part I: A Globalising Industry
1. A Footloose Enterprise
2. Destination Elsewhere
Part II: A Globalising Network
3. Asia
4. Africa
5. Europe's Neighbours
Part III: The Campaign in Action
6. Strategic Developments
Interlude: The European Network Up-Close
Part IV: Debates and the Future
7. Support for Workers
8. Consumers
9. Hard law
10. Companies
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Organisations in the Network
Index

Additional information

GOR002768881
9780745327686
0745327680
Clean Clothes: A Global Movement to End Sweatshops by Liesbeth Sluiter
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pluto Press
2009-10-01
328
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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