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1 online resource. |
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eBook Academic Collection - North America
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eBook Business Collection - North America
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The difference between heaven and earth -- From factory favorite to fighter -- Unlikely alliance, risky proposition -- Ideals into action -- Escaping scripted roles -- Stories of transformation -- Deconstructing the business model -- New dreams and wider hopes -- Afterword: taking action. |
| Access |
License restrictions may limit access. |
| Summary |
"Sewing Hope offers the first account of a bold challenge to apparel-industry sweatshops. The Alta Gracia factory in the Dominican Republic is the anti-sweatshop. It boasts a living wage three times the legal minimum, high health and safety standards, and a legitimate union--all verified by an independent monitor. It is the only apparel factory in the global south to meet these criteria. The Alta Gracia business model represents an alternative to the industry's "race to the bottom" with its inherent poverty wages and unsafe factory conditions. Workers' stories reveal how adding $0.90 to a sweatshirt's production price can change lives: from getting a life-saving operation to reuniting families; from obtaining first-ever bank loans to getting running water; from purchasing children's school uniforms to taking night classes. Sewing Hope invites readers into the apparel industry's sweatshops and the Alta Gracia factory. Learn how the anti-sweatshop started, how it overcame challenges, and how the impact of its business model could transform the global industry."--Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Alta Gracia Apparel.
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Clothing trade -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Sweatshops.
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Social responsibility of business.
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| Added Author |
Kline, John M.
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eBook Academic Collection - North America
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eBook Business Collection - North America
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| Related To |
Print version: Adler-Milstein, Sarah, 1983- author. Sewing hope Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520292901 (DLC) 2017011113 |
| ISBN |
9780520966246 (epub and ePDF) |
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9780520292901 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520292925 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| OCLC # |
sseb_ssj0001842745 |
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