1st Edition
Shoes, Glues and Homework Dangerous Work in the Global Footwear Industry
120 Pages
by
Routledge
115 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book describes working conditions in informal sector shoemaking in Indonesia and the Philippines, their national and international policy implications. It provides information on glues, an organic solvent, found in footwear chemicals and women garment homeworkers in Bulacan.
Foreword
Preface
Charles Levenstein, Robert Forrant, and John Wooding
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
The Structure of the Global Footwear Industry
CHAPTER 2
Shoemaking and its Hazards
CHAPTER 3
Informal Sector, Informal Economy
CHAPTER 4
Does Gender Matter?
CHAPTER 5
Shoe Chemicals and Right-to-Know
CHAPTER 6
The Way Forward
Index
Biography
Pia Markkanen
