Strike victory for Mexican sweatshop workers
2019年2月14日 · On Jan. 12, some 40,000 Mexican workers went on strike at 45 sweatshops -- known as maquiladoras -- across the U.S. border in the town of Matamoros. The demand was “20 and 32” -- a 20 percent raise and a 32,000 peso (about $1,700) bonus.
Maquiladoras and the Exploitation of Migrants on the Border
2019年10月3日 · Currently, anti-migrant policies and the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border are integral to maintaining a low-wage labor force in northern Mexican border cities. Yet the low wages of maquiladora assembly-line workers have long been key to the competitiveness of Ciudad Juárez in a restructuring global economy.
Questions about sweatshops | maquilasolidarity.org
Learn about the similarities and differences between maquilas and sweatshops, and the challenges faced by workers in the garment industry. Find out how to support workers' rights and living wages through consumer action and international solidarity.
Garment workers in Los Angeles describe the "modern-day …
2021年9月14日 · Sweatshops are known for producing clothing items in unsafe working conditions where workers toil for pennies. They are commonly found overseas, but some exist in the United States — including ...
FAQs about the Sweatshop Problem | Green America
Learn what sweatshops are, how bad the problem is, and why they are not inevitable or necessary. Find out how consumers can avoid buying products made in sweatshops and how companies can monitor their supply chains.
New Study: Mexicans Unable to Live on Sweatshop Wages
2001年6月28日 · Workers in foreign-owned export assembly plants in Mexico are not able to meet a family's basic needs on sweatshop wages, according to a comprehensive study conducted in fifteen Mexican cities.
Maquiladoras – Within the Panorama
All along the New River in Mexicali, you have maquiladoras, which are foreign owned factories similar to sweatshops where they assemble things like cars and electronics. They take raw materials, often hazardous, from their country of origin and have low-wage Mexican workers assemble them into finished goods, which are then shipped back tariff-free.
Sweatshops en México – NOISE MAG
2021年1月12日 · Una sweatshop es una fábrica que subcontrata (o ni siquiera contrata) trabajadores para operar sus maquinas o manufacturar productos bajo un esquema de pagos con salarios injustos, por debajo del salario mínimo y además deben desempeñar estas labores sin ningún tipo de regulación sanitaria o de seguridad.
Back to the future: Sweatshop conditions on the Mexico‐U.S.
Present working conditions in one of the most active areas of the maquiladora system along the Mexico-U.S. border are reminiscent of nineteenth-century U.S. sweatshops.
Maquiladoras in Mexico - ThoughtCo
2019年1月31日 · Maquiladoras are owned by U.S., Japanese, and European countries, and some could be considered "sweatshops" composed of young women working for as little as 50 cents an hour, for up to ten hours a day, six days a week.