Macy, Beth
Summary: Describes how the chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture fought for his more than seven hundred employees in a small Virginia town using legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and his wits and determination in the wake of sales losses to cheap Asian furniture imports.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.768 MacyFriedman, Thomas L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.483 FriedmanFriedman, Thomas L
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.463 FriedSteves, Rick
Summary: Presents advice on traveling to different countries of the world as a way of increasing our understanding of different cultures and political systems, and appreciating the interconnectedness within the global community. In his third edition, the author considers the new political reality of Brexit, Refugees, Erdoğan, and Trump, as well as populism, nativism, terrorism, and climate change and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.202 Steves 2019Hochberg, Fred Philip
Summary: "Trade allows us to sell what we produce at home and purchase what we don't. It lowers prices and gives us greater variety and innovation. Yet understanding our place in the global trade network is rarely so simple, and today's workers are wary of being taken advantage of. Trade has become an easy excuse for struggling economies, a scapegoat for our failures to adapt to a changing world,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 382 Hochberg 2020Timmerman, Kelsey
Contents: 1: The mission -- A consumer goes global -- Tattoo's tropical paradise -- Fake blood, sweat, and tears: anti-sweatshop protestors -- 2: My underwear: made in Bangladesh -- Jingle these -- Undercover in the underwear biz -- Bangladesh amusement park -- Inside my first sweatshop -- Child labor in action -- Arifa, the garment worker -- Hope -- No black and white, only green -- 3: My pants: made in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2009