Threads of Labour presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations and makes sense of global supply chains from the bottom up.
- Presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations in ten different locations in Asia, Europe and Mexico.
- Creates a blueprint for conducting worker-orientated action research in order to better understand and resist the negative impact of globalization on labour.
- Ensures that workers' voices reach those who are already trying to reconfigure global capitalism in more humane directions.
- Explores the ways in which workers might begin to develop new forms of organization that are more suited to securing gains in the global garment industry.
- Bridges the gap between activist and academic research, improving the conversation between these two groups.
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Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations.
1 Threads of Labour in the Global Garment Industry (Jane Wills with Angela Hale).
2 The Changing Face of the Global Garment Industry (Jennifer Hurley with Doug Miller).
3 Organising and Networking in Support of Garment Workers (Angela Hale).
4 Action Research. Tracing the Threads of Labour in the Global Garment Industry (Jane Wills with Jennifer Hurley).
5 Unravelling the Web. Supply Chains and Workers' Lives in the Garment Industry (Jennifer Hurley).
6 Coming Undone. The Implications of Garment Industry Subcontracting for UK Workers (Camille Warren).
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