{"product_id":"sewing-hope-how-one-factory-challenges-the-apparel-industrys-sweatshops-9780520292925","title":"Sewing Hope: How One Factory Challenges the Apparel Industry's Sweatshops","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sarah Adler-Milstein\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Industries - Fashion \u0026amp; Textile Industry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSewing Hope\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Alta Gracia business model represents an alternative to the industry's usual race-to-the-bottom model with its inherent poverty wages and unsafe factory conditions. Workers' stories reveal how adding US$0.90 to a sweatshirt's production price can change lives: from getting a life-saving operation to a reunited family; from purchasing children's school uniforms to taking night classes; from obtaining first-ever bank loans to installing running water. \u003ci\u003eSewing Hope\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers into the apparel industry's sweatshops and the Alta Gracia factory to learn how the anti-sweatshop started, how it overcame challenges, and how the impact of its business model could transform the global industry.","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45498882687127,"sku":"9780520292925","price":2390.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780520292925.webp?v=1767107790","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sewing-hope-how-one-factory-challenges-the-apparel-industrys-sweatshops-9780520292925","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}