Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?

Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 0807047155
ISBN-13 : 9780807047156
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Book Synopsis Can We Put an End to Sweatshops? by : Archon Fung

Download or read book Can We Put an End to Sweatshops? written by Archon Fung and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although watchdog agencies monitor workplaces and press corporations to raise labor standards, these agencies are not enough; only coordinated action by consumers, monitors, unions, and nongovernmental organizations will threaten profits and force those who own corporations to care about the lives of those who work for them. Activists, scholars, and officials of the International Labor Organization and the World Bank respond to this provocative and hopeful proposal."--BOOK JACKET.


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