Focuses on the consequences of the European Single Market for migrant workers, especially those from non-Community countries.

Outlines the global structure of the textiles and clothing industry and reviews trading patterns under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), highlighting the impact of trade policies in the European Union and the USA. Examines the issue of labour standards as a new non-tariff barrier to trade....

Includes excerpts from the draft International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families, under consideration by the UN General Assembly.

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

Includes excerpts from the draft International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families, under consideration by the UN General Assembly.