1st Edition

Shoes, Glues and Homework Dangerous Work in the Global Footwear Industry

    120 Pages
    by Routledge

    115 Pages
    by Routledge

    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