Workers of the world unite? The contemporary anti-sweatshop movement and the struggle for social justice in the Americas

Work and Occupations

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-485

  Armbruster Sandoval, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Cross border labor; Garment workers; Maquiladora; Sweatshop

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644556934     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888405278990     Document Type: Article

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