DELEGATES VISIT THE HOME OF A MAQUILADORA WORKER LEARNING ABOUT MEXICAN LABOR LAW SOCIAL TIME WITH THE WORKERS TO HEAR THEIR STORIES The educational trip (Fall 2005) involved sending students from Professor Arriola’s seminar, Women, Law and the Global Economy...
REPORT ON NIU DELEGATION TO THE US MEXICO BORDER (2005) by Yvonne Lapp Cryns Have you ever given any thought to who sews the pants and shirts you wear? Who makes your Nike shoes? Who put the electrical system together for your car? Five NIU College of Law students had...
Report on the NIU Delegation to Mexico by Yvonne Lapp Cryns (2005) Have you ever given any thought to who sews the pants and shirts you wear? Who makes your Nike shoes? Who put the electrical system together for your car? Five NIU College of Law students had the...
The disparities at the border are obvious… fancy offices for the maquiladora owners, poor and run down housing for the workers… who have children Worker’s Housing, Cd. Acuña
EDITOR’S NOTE (2019) – This research may no longer be relevant under the Trump Administration. Efforts have been made to nullify NAFTA and to replace it with a new trade agreement known as USMCA. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CORPORATE ABUSE AT THE MEXICAN...
WOB COMMENT: Historical Context Current arguments about immigration point the finger of blame at the Mexican undocumented who are in the U.S. “sin papeles” (without legal status). Of course Mexicans have been coming north since thirteen little...
