Clean Clothes : A Global Movement to End Sweatshops.

Cover -- Contents -- Photographs -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Essential Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: A Globalising Industry -- 1: A Footloose Enterprise -- The quiet giant awakens -- Dutch sweatshops -- The other side of the world -- Campaign launch -- Naming and shaming -- A code of conduct -- A rare inside view -- And the beat goes on -- 2: Destination Elsewhere -- Part 2: A Globalising Network -- 3: Asia -- Bangladesh: a lethal industry -- Sri Lanka: the fight in free trade zones -- Indonesia: jobs at a discount -- Thailand: How cats became tigers -- Cambodia: plastic killers and yellow unions -- China: where the sun never sets -- 4: Africa -- Madagascar: overcoming isolation -- Southern Africa: research in action -- 5: Europe's Neighbours -- The sweatshop finds new territories -- Eastern Europe: industry-turned-sweatshop -- Poland: caught in the middle -- Turkey: labour rights are constitutional rights -- Part 3: The Campaign in Action -- 6: Strategic Developments -- Act locally -- NGOs without borders -- The network in action -- Codes and companies -- The legal angle -- Clean clothes communities -- Sportswear campaigns -- Urgent appeals -- Gender -- The elastic network -- Interlude: The European Network Up-Close -- Malin Eriksson, Sweden -- Carole Crabbe, French-speaking Belgium -- Stefan Indermuhle, Switzerland -- Maik Pflaum, Germany -- Frieda de Koninck, Flemish-speaking Belgium -- Eva Kreisler, Spain -- Bettina Musiolek, Germany -- Nayla Ajaltouni, France -- Michaela Konigshofer, Austria -- Christa de Bruin and Floris de Graad, the Netherlands -- Martin Hearson, United Kingdom -- Deborah Lucchetti and Ersilia Monti, Italy -- Thomas Petersen and Birte Moeller Jensen, Denmark -- Carin Leffler, Norway -- Part 4: Debates and the Future -- 7: Support for Workers -- Urgent appeals.

The informal economy and migrant labour -- Gender -- Trade unions and NGOs -- Worker education -- North and south -- 8: Consumers -- Fair trade -- Rating and ranking -- Ethical brands -- Sustainable production -- 9: Hard Law -- Litigation -- National legislation -- European legislation -- OECD guidelines -- The Ruggie process: do no harm -- 10: Companies -- Codes -- Audits -- Multi-stakeholder initiatives -- Fair Wear Foundation -- Purchasing practices -- Asian transnational production companies -- Global retailers -- New campaign perspectives -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Organisations in the CCC Network -- Index.

The worldwide struggle to improve the wages and conditions of sweatshop workers.

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