1st Edition
Globalization and Cross-Border Labor Solidarity in the Americas The Anti-Sweatshop Movement and the Struggle for Social Justice
By Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval
Copyright 2005
236 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Challenging sweatshop labor practices is extremely difficult, but garment workers, labor unions, and non-government organizations from Central America and the United States have successfully mobilized for better wages and working conditions over the past ten years. Those gains have not been broadened or sustained over time, however. This book examines why these various outcomes occurred through a... Read more
Acknowledgments 1. Globalization and Cross-Border Labor Solidarity in the Americas: The Struggle for Social Justice 2. Globalization and Cross-Border Labor Solidarity in the Guatemalan Maquiladora Industry: The Phillips Van-Heusen Workers' Movement 3. The Salvadoran Maquiladora Industry and Cross Labor Solidarity: Bridging the Gap Between Image and Reality 4. The Honduran Maquiladora Industry and Cross-Labor Solidarity: The Kimi Campaign 5. Ni Un Paso Atrás! Not One Step Back! Chentex and Cross-Border Labor Solidarity in the Nicaraguan Maquiladora Industry 6. Globalization and Cross-Border Labor Solidarity: Is Another World Possible? Appendix A (Glossary of Organizations) References Index
Biography
Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval teaches in the Chicana/o Studies department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
