アルタグラシア社によるアパレル産業の労働者搾取との闘い Sewing Hope : How One Factory Challenges the Apparel Industry's Sweatshops

Adler-Milstein, Sarah/ Kline, John M.

University of California Press（2017/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 248 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520292901
• DDC分類 338.47687

Full Description

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.

Contents

Preface

1. The Difference between Heaven and Earth

Introducing Alta Gracia

2. From Factory Favorite to Fighter

Human Cost of the "Race to the Bottom"

3. Risky Proposition, Unlikely Alliance

Founding a New Factory

4. Ideals into Action

Building an Anti-Sweatshop Model

5. Escaping Scripted Roles

Unexpected Benefits of a New Approach

6. Stories of Transformation

Diverse Impacts of a Living Wage

7. Surviving on Our Own

Adjusting the Business Model

8. Replication or Revolution

Alta Gracia in Context

Afterword: Taking Action
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors