Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Sweatshops Are Where Hearts Starve Part 1. The Fall and Rise of Sweatshops in the United States Chapter 1. What Is a Sweatshop? Appendix 1. Estimating the Number of Sweatshop Workers in the United States in 2000 Chapter 2. Memory of Strike and Fire Chapter 3. The Decline of Sweatshops in the United States Chapter 4. The Era of Decency and the Return of the Sweatshop Part 2. Explaining the Rise of the New Sweatshops Chapter 5. Global Capitalism and the Race to the Bottom in the Production of Our Clothes Chapter 6. Retail Chains: The Eight-Hundred-Pound Gorillas of the World Trade in Clothing Chapter 7. Firing Guard Dogs and Hiring Foxes Chapter 8. Immigrants and Imports Chapter 9. Union Busting and the Global Runaway Shop Chapter 10. Framing Immigrants, Humiliating Big Shots: Mass Media and the Sweatshop Issue Appendix 2. Details of the Immigrant Blame Analysis Conclusion to Part 2: Producing Sweatshops in the United States Part 3. Movements and Policies Chapter 11. Combating Sweatshops from the Grass Roots Chapter 12. Solidarity North and South: Reframing International Labor Rights Chapter 13. Ascending a Ladder of Effective Antisweatshop Policy Chapter 14: Three Pillars of Decency Personal Epilogue: Hearts Starve Notes References Index