Dramatic story of the worldwide struggle to improve the wages and conditions of sweatshop workers. Num Pages: 328 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: JPVH; KCLT; KJG; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398. . 2009. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Clean Clothes: A Global Movement to End Sweatshops
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0745327680
ISBN 13: 9780745327686
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

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. She is the author of The Mekong Currency (1993), published in the UK, the Netherlands, and Japan, and has written numerous articles on development and environmental 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, a worldwide network that pushes for improvement of these conditions.

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