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Robert J. S. Ross

Research Professor of Sociology at Clark University

Robert J. S. Ross

Category Archives: Published

Inside Bangladeshi Factories: The Real Story

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Robert Ross

This review of a report by the International Labor Rights Forum was published on the American Prospect website on January 8, 2016: http://prospect.org/article/inside-bangladeshi-factories-real-story … Continue reading →

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Bringing Labor Rights Back to Bangladesh

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Robert Ross

This longer article was published in American Prospect on July 12, 2015 and is available at: http://prospect.org/article/bringing-labor-rights-back-bangladesh After a horrific factory collapse in 2013, pressure from global unions, human rights groups, and reputational damage to big fashion brands led to … Continue reading →

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Why Voluntary Standards Won’t Make the Global Garment Industry Safer

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Robert Ross

Robert J. S. Ross June 8, 2015 American Prospect After voluntary codes of conduct failed to prevent the Rana Plaza disaster, garment companies pass the blame. AP Photo/A.M. Ahad In this Monday, April 20, 2015 photo, Mahamudul Hasan Ridoy, 27, … Continue reading →

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Two Years After the Rana Plaza Disaster, Are Reforms Real

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Robert Ross

Two Years After the Rana Plaza Disaster, Are Reforms Real? Robert J. S. Ross April 23, 2015 American Prospect A series of garment factory fires in Bangladesh spurred reforms in the industry. But will they bring meaningful change? Rijans007/Flickr Two … Continue reading →

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Inequality and the Global Race to the Bottom

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Robert Ross

The chase after ever cheaper sites for manufacturing is causing rising inequality, low-wage misery, and unsafe workplaces in many parts of the world, the United States included. The Rana Plaza, an eight-story commercial building in Bangladesh, collapsed a year ago … Continue reading →

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Ralph Lauren and the Olympic Uniforms (from the LA Times)

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Jasper Boyd

Op-Ed Hey, Ralph Lauren, sweatshops aren’t chic Olympic gear shouldn’t come from such factories — ours or theirs. By Robert J.S. Ross July 19, 2012 Ralph Lauren, the crown prince of preppy, received more than $30 million in compensation in … Continue reading →

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Bread and Roses: Dignity and Respect in Working Class Struggles

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Jasper Boyd

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 From This week in Sociology Bread and Roses: Dignity and Respect in Working Class Struggles by Robert J. S. Ross, Clark University, Professor of Sociology On January 11, 1912 a group of Polish women textile workers … Continue reading →

Posted in Published | Tagged sociology, working class

Workers’ Wages in China and Bangladesh

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Jasper Boyd

Author’s note:  this letter made the NYT website, but not the grown-up newspaper. link » July 23, 2010 Workers’ Wages in China and Bangladesh To the Editor: Re “As Labor Costs Rise in China, Textile Jobs Shift Elsewhere” (front page, … Continue reading →

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In Chains at the Bottom of the Pyramid : Gender and Sweated Labor in Global Apparel Production

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Jasper Boyd

Published on the blog site This week in Sociology OCTOBER 25, 2011 Robert J.S. Ross – Clark University Sweatshop conditions refer to long hours, low wages and oppressive conditions – dangerous unhealthy, psychologically abusive or squalid. In the global assembly … Continue reading →

Posted in Published | Tagged gender, sociology, sweat shop
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