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The clothing and textile industry employs nearly 30 million people worldwide, mostly in Asia and Central America. Workers frequently face long hours, inadequate wages, harassment and abuse. While some resist such conditions by joining labor unions, many are prevented from doing so or find it difficult to adjust to transitory manufacturers. Because of these challenges, garment workers have reached out to allies across political borders in order to apply more pressure on garment manufacturers. The transnational anti-sweatshop network is at a critical stage in its development and is due for serious analysis. Advocacy Across Borders reveals the relationships that Northern-based NGOs forge in order to exert influence on powerful actors in the industry. An exhaustive dissection of the strategies of many organizations involved in this extensive network, Garwood's study points the way forward for civil society actors reaching across borders to advocate for a better world.

Anti-sweatshop movement. --- Clothing trade --- Non-governmental organizations. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- INGOs (International agencies) --- International non-governmental organizations --- NGOs (International agencies) --- Nongovernmental organizations --- Organizations, Non-governmental (International agencies) --- Private and voluntary organizations (International agencies) --- PVOs (International agencies) --- Apparel industry --- Clothiers --- Clothing industry --- Garment industry --- Rag trade --- Antisweatshop movement --- International agencies --- Nonprofit organizations --- Textile industry --- Tailors --- Social movements --- Sweatshops --- Fashion industry

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In the early 1900's, thousands of immigrants labored in New York's Lower East Side sweatshops, enduring work environments that came to be seen as among the worst examples of Progressive-Era American industrialization. Although reformers agreed that these unsafe workplaces must be abolished, their reasons have seldom been fully examined. Sweated Work, Weak Bodies is the first book on the origins of sweatshops, exploring how they came to represent the dangers of industrialization and the perils of immigration. It is an innovative study of the language used to define the sweatshop, how these definitions shaped the first anti-sweatshop campaign, and how they continue to influence our current understanding of the sweatshop.

Anti-sweatshop movement. --- Garment workers --- Foreign workers --- Sweatshops --- Sweat shops --- Sweated industries --- Sweating system --- Factories --- Anti-sweatshop movement --- Alien labor --- Aliens --- Foreign labor --- Guest workers --- Guestworkers --- Immigrant labor --- Immigrant workers --- Migrant labor (Foreign workers) --- Migrant workers (Foreign workers) --- Employees --- Clothing trade --- Antisweatshop movement --- Social movements --- History. --- Prevention --- Employment --- Clothing workers --- Noncitizen labor --- Noncitizens --- History