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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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