Towards Better Work : Understanding labour in apparel global value chains

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Advances in Labour Studies ; v.6

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Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Preface; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Figure I.1 Apparel production system; Part I; 1 Re-embedding the Market: Global Apparel Value Chains, Governance and Decent Work; Box 1.1 China's Labour Contract Law; 2 Economic and Social Upgrading of Developing Countries in the Global Apparel Sector: Insights from Using a Parsimonious Measurement Approach; Table 2.1 Country sample; Table 2.2 Top 15 apparel exporters in 2010

Table 2.3 Apparel exports (in million US) and world export market shares (%), 2000-2010Table 2.4 Aggregated apparel export unit values (in US/kilogram); Figure 2.1 Economic upgrading and downgrading in the apparel sector,2004-2009; Table 2.5 Employment in the apparel sector, 2000-2009; Table 2.6 Nominal wages and labour costs in the apparel sector (in US), 2000-2009; Figure 2.2 Social upgrading and downgrading in the apparel sector, 2004-2009; Figure 2.3 Prototype matrix of 'overall upgrading/downgrading'; Figure 2.4 'Overall upgrading and downgrading' in the apparel sector, 2004-2009

3 How 'Fair' Are Wage Practices along the Supply Chain? A Global AssessmentBox 3.1 Definition of fair wages; Table 3.1 The 12 fair wage dimensions; Figure 3.1 Regional distribution of suppliers; Figure 3.2 Enterprises with dual records (%); Figure 3.3 Enterprises with payment problems (%); Figure 3.4 Enterprises with payment problems (%), by country; Figure 3.5 Companies' starting wage compared to minimum wage (MW); Figure 3.6 Starting wage compared to minimum wage (% of enterprises); Figure 3.7 Enterprises paying social security contributions (%)

Figure 3.8 Enterprises providing paid holidays (%)Figure 3.9 Payment of prevailing wage (PW); Table 3.2 Wage disparity between workers at the top and those at the bottom (between highest and lowest wages), 2010; Figure 3.10 Number of hours worked per week; Figure 3.11 Percentage of companies underpaying overtime; Table 3.3 Nominal wages increases compared to price increases, 2008-2010; Table 3.4 Pay systems by country (use of disciplinary cuts and wage grids), 2010; Table 3.5 Piece rate (PR) systems, by country, 2010; Table 3.6 Wage structure (bonuses), by country, 2010

Table 3.7 Provision of non-monetary benefits, by country, 2010Table 3.8 Communication on wages, by country, 2010; Table 3.9 Percentage of companies where workers were aware of their wage and benefits; Table 3.10 Social dialogue practices, by country, 2010; Table 3.11 Overview of the three companies; Table 3.12 Main employment and wage developments in the three companies,China; Table 3.13 Companies' starting and average wages compared to the Asia FloorWage, China; Table 3.14 Top-down wage gap in the three companies; Table 3.15 Companies' wage structure, China, 2011

Table 3.16 Fair wage performance of the three companies, China

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