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Sewing Hope

How One Factory Challenges the Apparel Industry’s Sweatshops
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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 usual race-to-the-bottom model with its inherent poverty wages and unsafe factory conditions. Workers’ stories reveal how adding US$0.90 to a sweatshirt’s production price can change lives: from getting a life-saving operation to a reunited family; from purchasing children's school uniforms to taking night classes; from obtaining first-ever bank loans to installing running water. Sewing Hope invites readers into the apparel industry’s sweatshops and the Alta Gracia factory to learn how the anti-sweatshop started, how it overcame challenges, and how the impact of its business model could transform the global industry.

Author Biography:

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.
Release date NZ
October 3rd, 2017
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Illustrations
30 b-w photos, 1 chart, 1 tabl
Pages
248
Dimensions
152x229x23
ISBN-13
9780520292901
Product ID
26748159

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