Spatiality, sweatshops and solidarity in Guatemala

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 383-401

  Traub Werner, Marion ^a   Cravey, Altha J ^b  

^a SEIU   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparel production; Guatemala; Labour solidarity; Maquila; Sweatshop; Union

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944227776     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464936021000032469     Document Type: Article

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