Garments without Guilt?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanchana N. Ruwanpura
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Ethical Codes ◽  
War Zone ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
Ethnic War ◽  
Conditions Of Work

Sri Lanka's apparel sector holds an enviable place in the imaginary of its competitors for having a niche position amongst global retailers, given its claims of producing 'garments without guilt'. Exploitative labour conditions are not part of the industry's portfolio – ethicality, eco-friendly production and unblemished conditions of work are. Sri Lanka's transition away from a protracted ethnic war has meant that the industry portrays itself as investing in the former war zone to create jobs without reflection on how its vaunted mantle, the deployment of ethical codes effectively, themselves may be under duress. This book uses an analytical framing informed by labour and feminist perspectives to explore how labour struggles in the post-1977 period in Sri Lanka provided important resistance to capitalist processes and continue to shape the industry both within and outside of the shop floor. It studies contextual moments in the country's recent history to rupture the dominant narrative and record the centrality of labour in the success of the country's apparel industry.

Predictors of Treatment Response to Fluoxetine in PTSD Following a Recent History of War Zone Stress Exposure

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul S. Hicks ◽  
Michael L. Adams ◽  
Brett Litz ◽  
Keith Young ◽  
Jed Goldart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Response ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Stress Exposure ◽  
War Zone ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals ‘It’s Like a War Zone’: Jay’s Liminal Experience of Normal and Extreme Work in a UK Supermarket during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 095001702096652
Author(s):  
Minjie Cai ◽  
Jay Velu ◽  
Scott Tindal ◽  
Safak Tartanoglu Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
War Zone ◽  
Work Intensification

This article presents a UK supermarket worker’s experiences of work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Writing during a period of uncertainty, Jay’s narrative reveals how the sudden and constant transitions between mundanity and extremity on the shop floor evoke conflicting emotions and work intensification that disrupt and reconstruct normality. His accounts describe violent customer behaviours, absent management, a lack of clear organisational policies, and the different views of appropriate health and safety measures among colleagues. It illustrates how liminality in the workplace at a time of crisis can endanger employees whose seemingly mundane jobs become extreme.

The Health and Safety Concerns of Immigrant Women Workers in the Toronto Sportswear Industry

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlene M. Gannagé
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Safety Concerns ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Managerial Strategies ◽  
Conditions Of Work

Immigrant women's conditions of work have worsened with new government and managerial strategies to restructure the Canadian apparel industry. Changes in occupational health and safety legislation have both given and taken away tools that immigrant women workers could use to improve the quality of their working lives. The author outlines a methodology for eliciting the health and safety concerns of immigrant women workers.

scholarly journals Human Resources Challenges in Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Dr. Indumathi Welmilla
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study aims to identify the human resources challenges existing in the apparel sector of Sri Lanka and provide recommendations to secure with managing the barriers to go ahead with future sustainability in the industry. The research approach is qualitative and followed the case study method. Face to face interviews was the method of collecting data by following a semi-structured questionnaire for the research, and the data analysis method was the thematic analysis. The finding demonstrates nine core human resources challenges in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka.

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