As workers throughout the world continue to toil in unsafe conditions for low wages, long hours, and few, if any, benefits, where they suffer preventable diseases from overwork and exposure to
chemicals, and toxins, not to mention the potential for sexual harassment, Berliner, Greenleaf, Lake, Levi, and Noveck aim to specify the conditions that align the interests of employers,
governments, and consumers with those of the workers. They ask: What conditions should we expect labor rights in global supply chains to improve? They look at what has been done so far and what
can be done. Ten chapters are: introduction; the world brands create; aligning interests across global supply chains; the international framework for labor standards; labor standards around the
world; the United States in the struggle for labor standards; apparel production in Honduras; apparel production in Bangladesh; labor resistance and local government--supplier collusion in
post-1986 China; conclusion. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
