by Elvia Arriola | Mar 31, 2002 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
Sexual Terrorism, Anti-Terrorism and the Global Economy. ** I was listening to the radio the other day and the nasal voice of President Bush came on in a report about his recent travels to Latin America, Peru and El Salvador and about his tooting the horn for...
by Elvia Arriola | Jan 21, 2002 | Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA
WHAT IS A MAQUILADORA OR WHAT IS A SWEATSHOP? The maquiladora or “sweatshop” is sadly not new. In the early 1900s?American labor history documents the treatment of European immigrant women who toiled 12-15 hour days for the pittance of wages. The...
by Elvia Arriola | Jan 21, 2002 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, NAFTA
Living Wage Rights The idea of a “living wage” suggests that a person working a normal work week (about 40-50 hours) should earn enough money to meet the basic needs of shelter, food, medical care and entertainment with just enough left over to save for...
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 22, 2001 | Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
PERSONAL REPORT OF JUDY ROSENBERG, POST DELEGATION BY AUSTIN TAN CERCA DE LA FRONTERA TO PIEDRAS NEGRAS AND CIUDAD ACUÑA, COAHUILA, OCTOBER 12-14, 2001 Dear All, This is a personal report of the recent delegation to the border, which in many ways was a satisfying...
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 22, 2001 | Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
HOODEET’S REFLECTIONS Trip to Reynosa, Tamaulipas and Visit with the CFO June 6, 2001 Querid’s, This is your Communications Coordinator speaking. I am on the verge of speechlessness. I have made too many travels and received too many impressions in...
by Elvia Arriola | Apr 22, 2001 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
A TWO-DAY FORUM TUESDAY, April 10th, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Film Screening and Discussion Maquiladora Worker on the Mexican Border. Photo by Mary Jordan, Washington Post Moderated by Professor Gil Gott, Int’l Studies DePaul University 2320 N. Kenmore Ave....
