by Elvia Arriola | Jun 15, 2011 | Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
GENDER, GLOBALIZATION AND THE WOMEN OF THE MAQUILADORAS: BEFORE AND AFTER NAFTA Women, especially poor women, continue to play a significant role in the work of global employment. American companies have been relocating to Mexico since 1965, and with the...
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 9, 2011 | Delegations, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
Why Go on a Delegation? Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera (ATCF) ATCF organizes quarterly delegations to visit maquiladora workers and communities along the Mexico-U.S. border. The Comité Fronterizo de Obrer@s (CFO: Border Committee of Workers) hosts each group’s...
by Elvia Arriola | Nov 1, 2005 | Delegations, Further Study, Legal Resources, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
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...
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 21, 2005 | Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
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
by Elvia Arriola | Aug 1, 2004 | Contact Us, Delegations, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
CHRISTINA MURREY SERVED AS PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THIS DELEGATION.
