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02929aam a2200409 i 4500 001 532D1C2CC38A11E7B100357297128E48 003 SILO 005 20171107010627 008 170308s2017 caua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017011113 020 $a 0520292928 020 $a 9780520292925 020 $a 0520292901 020 $a 9780520292901 035 $a (OCoLC)975091340 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c CUS $d DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a TT498 $b .A35 2017 082 00 $a 338.4/7687 $2 23 100 1 $a Adler-Milstein, Sarah, $d 1983- $e author. 245 10 $a Sewing hope : $b how one factory challenges the apparel industry's sweatshops / $c Sarah Adler-Milstein and John M. Kline. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xiii, 229 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The difference between heaven and earth -- From factory favorite to fighter -- Unlikely alliance, risky proposition -- Ideals into action -- Escaping scripted roles -- Stories of transformation -- Deconstructing the business model -- New dreams and wider hopes -- Afterword: taking action. 520 $a "Sewing Hope offers the first account of a bold challenge to apparel-industry sweatshops. The Alta Gracia factory in the Dominican Republic is the anti-sweatshop. It boasts a living wage three times the legal minimum, high health and safety standards, and a legitimate union--all verified by an independent monitor. It is the only apparel factory in the global south to meet these criteria. The Alta Gracia business model represents an alternative to the industry's "race to the bottom" with its inherent poverty wages and unsafe factory conditions. Workers' stories reveal how adding $0.90 to a sweatshirt's production price can change lives: from getting a life-saving operation to reuniting families; from obtaining first-ever bank loans to getting running water; from purchasing children's school uniforms to taking night classes. Sewing Hope invites readers into the apparel industry's sweatshops and the Alta Gracia factory. Learn how the anti-sweatshop started, how it overcame challenges, and how the impact of its business model could transform the global industry."--Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Alta Gracia Apparel. 650 0 $a Clothing trade $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Sweatshops. 650 0 $a Social responsibility of business. 700 1 $a Kline, John M., $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Adler-Milstein, Sarah, 1983- $t Sewing hope. $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] $z 9780520966246 $w (DLC) 2017015415 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021020405.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200103023938.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=532D1C2CC38A11E7B100357297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search