Threads of Labour

Threads of Labour presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations and makes sense of global supply chains from the bottom up. Presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations in ten different locations in Asia, Europe and Mexico. Creates a blueprint for conducting worker-orientated action research in order to better understand and resist the negative impact of globalization on labour. Ensures that workers' voices reach those who are already trying to reconfigure global capitalism in more humane directions. Explores the ways in which workers might begin to develop new forms of organization that are more suited to securing gains in the global garment industry. Bridges the gap between activist and academic research, improving the conversation between these two groups.

Threads of Labour presents new empirical research by anetwork of garment workers' support organizations and makes senseof global supply chains from the bottom up.* Presents new empirical research by a network of garmentworkers' support organizations in ten different locations in AsiaEurope and Mexico.* Creates a blueprint for conducting worker-orientated actionresearch in order to better understand and resist the negativeimpact of globalization on labour.* Ensures that workers' voices reach those who are already tryingto reconfigure global capitalism in more humane directions.* Explores the ways in which workers might begin to develop newforms of organization that are more suited to securing gains in theglobal garment industry.* Bridges the gap between activist and academic researchimproving the conversation between these two groups.

List of Illustrations.List of Tables.List of Boxes.Notes on Contributors.Acknowledgements.Abbreviations.1 Threads of Labour in the Global Garment Industry (JaneWills with Angela Hale).2 The Changing Face of the Global Garment Industry (JenniferHurley with Doug Miller).3 Organising and Networking in Support of Garment Workers(Angela Hale).4 Action Research. Tracing the Threads of Labour in the GlobalGarment Industry (Jane Wills with Jennifer Hurley).5 Unravelling the Web. Supply Chains and Workers' Lives in theGarment Industry (Jennifer Hurley).6 Coming Undone. The Implications of Garment IndustrySubcontracting for UK Workers (Camille Warren).7 The Impact of Full-package Production in Mexico's Blue JeanCapital (Lynda Yanz with Bob Jeffcott).8 Defending Workers' Rights in Subcontracted Workplaces(Rohini Hensman, Women Working Worldwide).9 The Phase-out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement from thePerspective of Workers (Angela Hale with Maggie Burns).10 Conclusion (Angela Hale with Jane Will).References.Index.