by Elvia Arriola | Apr 2, 2002 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA
Speech notes: We can’t talk about globalization without realizing how significant the role of women is in the global economy, whether in Mexico’s efforts to modernize more and get into the First World or throughout the world. Law and public policy’s role in...
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...
