Threads of Labour
Subtitle: Garment Industry Supply Chains from the Workers' Perspective (Antipode Book Series)
Contributors: Angela Hale (Editor); Jane Wills (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: December 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781405126373
Subjects: Development studies; Labour economics; Manufacturing industries; Subcontracting; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Clothing trade; Women clothing workers; Business/Economics; Political; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Industries - Textile Industry; Politics/International Relations; General; Clothing workers; Business Ethics; Business & Economics / Industries / Textile Industry; EMPLOYEE RIGHTS; Labor unions; Economic conditions
First sentence: An estimated 40 million workers, most of them women, are employed in the global garment industry.