Author: Sheldon L. Maram
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780935391114
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123

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Author: Sheldon L. Maram
Publisher:
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Category : Alien labor, Mexican
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Author: Sheldon L. Maram
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Category : Clothing workers
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Author: Rebecca Budde
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 9783825883973
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Studying the urban agglomeration of Los Angeles County is on the one hand very interesting, exciting, as there is such a wide variety of people living there. This not only concerning ethnic origins but also in view of social classes, (haves and have nots), sub cultures, 'Lebenswelten' and milieus. On the other hand, studying L.A. empirically, i.e. living, working and more than anything else talking to people while observing them, gives an insight into how a society so full of discrepancies works and operates. "To live from day to day. That is life in L.A." Mirna, Los Angeles Garment Worker from Guatemala. Undocumented migration to the U.S. and the U.S.-American textile and garment industry are examples that demonstrate well the interconnectedness of international economic interests, policy-making and migration flows.

Author: Edna Bonacich
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520925595
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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In a study crucial to our understanding of American social inequality, Edna Bonacich and Richard Appelbaum investigate the return of sweatshops to the apparel industry, especially in Los Angeles. The "new" sweatshops, they say, need to be understood in terms of the decline in the American welfare state and its strong unions and the rise in global and flexible production. Apparel manufacturers now have the incentive to move production to wherever low-wage labor can be found, while maintaining arm's-length contractual relations that protect them from responsibility. The flight of the industry has led to a huge rise in apparel imports to the United States and to a decline in employment. Los Angeles, however, remains a puzzling exception in that its industry employment has continued to grow, to the point where L.A. is the largest center of apparel production in the nation. Not only the availability of low-wage immigrant (often undocumented) workers but also the focus on moderately priced, fashion-sensitive women's wear makes this possible. Behind the Label examines the players in the L.A. apparel industry, including manufacturers, retailers, contractors, and workers, evaluating the maldistribution of wealth and power. The authors explore government and union efforts to eradicate sweatshops while limiting the flight to Mexico and elsewhere, and they conclude with a description of the growing antisweatshop movement. Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of 2000

Author: Edna Bonacich
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Category : Asian Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: Maria Angelina Soldatenko
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Category : Clothing workers
Languages : en
Pages : 394

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law
Publisher:
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Category : Emigration and immigration law
Languages : en
Pages : 774

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Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Author: Thomas R Bailey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429721897
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Originally published in 1987, this book presents a novel approach to the study of competition between immigrant groups and native minorities (teenagers, women, and black men) in low-wage labor markets.