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Can Garment Factories Pay a Living Wage and Still Compete in the Global Economy? (2/18/14)  Cover Image E-video E-video

Can Garment Factories Pay a Living Wage and Still Compete in the Global Economy? (2/18/14) :

Infobase, (film distributor.). MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: At $3 an hour, the workers at the Alta Gracia garment factory in the Dominican Republic are earning enough to feed a family of five. But after three years, this new, living wage-based business model has yet to turn a profit as global competition has pushed thousands of jobs to lower-cost countries. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (7 min., 24 sec)) : sound, color.
    remote
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Firm), [2014]
  • Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Firm), 2014.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 06, 2017.
Formatted Contents Note: Can Garment Factories Pay a Living Wage and Still Compete in the Global Economy? (2/18/14) (7:24);
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access requires authentication through Films On Demand.
Target Audience Note:
9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details Note:
Streaming video file.
System requirements: Films On Demand platform.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's description
Subject: Latin Americans
International economic relations
Economics
Latin America
Genre: Streaming videos.
Internet videos.
Topic Heading: Films on Demand > Business and Economics Collection

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