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alta gracia factory
anti-sweatshop
apparel industry sweatshops
Author_John M. Kline
Author_Sarah Adler-Milstein
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dominican republic
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factory fires
high safety standards
human rights
human rights advocate
independent monitor
legitimate union
living wage
political activism
safety standards
social activist
workers rights
working conditions
Product details
- ISBN 9780520292925
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Oct 2017
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Sarah Adler-Milstein is a worker-rights advocate and has served as the Field Director for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC). John M. Kline is Professor of International Business Diplomacy at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He is the author of four books, including his textbook Ethics for International Business.
