Global Governance and Labor Rights: Codes of Conduct and Anti-Sweatshop Struggles in Global Apparel Factories in Mexico and Guatemala

César A. Rodríguez-Garavito
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César A. Rodríguez-Garavito: Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, crodrigu@ssc.wisc.edu

Politics & Society, 2005, vol. 33, issue 2, 203-333

Abstract: Monitoring systems have recently arisen to verify compliance with corporate codes of conduct for labor. This article places codes in the context of broader debates on global governance and argues for an empowered participatory approach to international labor standards focusing on enabling rights. Based on ethnographic research in Mexico and Guatemala on the implementation of codes in the apparel sector and their use in cross-border organizing campaigns, it explores the effect of monitoring on worker empowerment and working conditions in global factories. The analysis highlights institutional designs and political strategies capable of contributing to the protection of international labor rights.

Keywords: governance; sweatshops; codes of conduct; transnational advocacy networks; international labor standards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1177/0032329205275191

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