by Elvia Arriola | Jul 20, 2012 | Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
STRESS RELIEF TRAINING FOR MAQUILADORA WORKERS If we know anything from the voices of maquiladora workers it is that they’re under a lot of stress. They work on the average 6 days per week, about 10-12 hours. They have quotas. They get yelled at by...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 20, 2012 | Migrants and Human Rights
Breathing and Recovery for the Body of the Maquiladora Worker (2012) Elvia Rosales Arriola, Executive Director, WOMEN ON THE BORDER What if Women on the Border, as an aspect of our mission to educate, could take stress- relief training to the women in the...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 19, 2012 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Maquiladoras
Women on the Border is a Texas-based 501c3 non profit organization engaged in educational projects involving contact with women who are fighting against abuses by U.S. based investor corporations under the North American Free Trade Agreement. We are dedicated to...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 19, 2012 | Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
The term “maquiladora” has been equated with “sweatshop.” According to the workers active in the CFO, It is a place where workers get no respect, where they are treated like machines, not humans, where often their tasks in a time pressured work...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 19, 2012 | Contact Us, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada –...
