INVESTIGADORES
MONTERO JerÓnimo
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Slaves sewing your clothes?
Autor/es:
MONTERO, JERÓNIMO
Lugar:
Durham
Reunión:
Simposio; Ustinov Seminar, Ustinov College, Durham University; 2008
Institución organizadora:
Ustinov College, University of Durham
Resumen:
In this
presentation I aim at explaining what is a sweatshop, who do sweatshops work for,
and what are the working conditions that we can find in these. In this sense I
put forward a differentiation between international sweatshops and national
sweatshops. Then we will briefly analyse the rise of sweatshops in Argentina and in Italy in the context of Neoliberal
policies.
In here I
will also address two main myths about sweatshops: 1. branded manufacturers and
retailers cannot control working conditions in the whole chain; and 2. working
in a sweatshop is bad but still it is a better option than any option these
workers could get. Finally, I will briefly put forward a critic to the
ethical trade as being the solution to stop sweatshops.