Garment Workers

Organising as a catalyst for promoting decent work in the informal economy in South Asia

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The Australian Fashion Report

“This report aims to empower consumers to purchase ethically while encouraging companies to ensure that the workers that produce the...

The Triple Absence of Labour Rights: Triangular Labour Relations and Informalisation in the Construction and Garment Sectors in Delhi and Shanghai

Working Paper 32/17 from the Centre for Development Policy and Research presents a summary of the findings of “The ESRC-DFID Research...

The growth and organisation of a precariat: Working in the clothing industry in Johannesburg’s Inner city

7th GLU Conference, „The Politics of Labour and Development‟ 28-30 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa.

The struggle for outwork reform in the Australian clothing industryJournal of Australian Political Economy

Working conditions in the Indonesian leather and footwear sector

Publication’s summary: “Indonesia is the fourth largest footwear manufacturer worldwide. The major importers of Indonesian leather...

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

The politics of vulnerability: Exit, voice and capture in three Nigerian informal manufacturing clusters

Abstract:This book chapter examines whether informal economic associations provide an effective mechanism for political voice. Moreover,...

Outworkers and Precarity: The Case of Victorian Clothing WorkersJust Policy: A Journal of Australian Social Policy

Abstract: Clothing outworkers are some of the most exploited and marginalised workers in the Australian labour market. If trade unions are...

Informalising the Formal: Clothing Manufacturing in Durban, South Africa