Oct 3, 2019 · While these reforms accelerated the flows of goods and capital, they were accompanied by policies and practices that would reduce the mobility of ordinary people. Then …

Feb 14, 2019 · On Jan. 12, some 40,000 Mexican workers went on strike at 45 sweatshops -- known as maquiladoras -- across the U.S. border in the town of Matamoros. The demand was …

If sweatshops were a necessary step toward economic development, they would not exist in the world’s most developed economies; however, sweatshops continue to be uncovered even in …

What is a sweatshop? Sweatshop conditions include excessive working hours, forced overtime, poverty wages, child labour, unsafe working conditions, discrimination, verbal and physical …

Jun 28, 2001 · Workers in foreign-owned export assembly plants in Mexico are not able to meet a family's basic needs on sweatshop wages, according to a comprehensive study conducted in …

Mar 1, 2021 · Beginning in late March 2020, the CAT collected information through interviews and direct contact with workers in five garment factories in the State of Morelos. The two reports …

Jan 18, 2019 · Amid a media blackout by Mexican and international outlets, the ruling class has demonstrated a profound fear that the rebellion by Matamoros sweatshop workers who …

Jan 15, 2019 · Over 1 million workers endure low wages and sweatshop conditions at the 3,000 “maquiladora” factories that line the Mexican side of the border and account for 65 percent of …

Jan 12, 2021 · Una sweatshop es una fábrica que subcontrata (o ni siquiera contrata) trabajadores para operar sus maquinas o manufacturar productos bajo un esquema de pagos …

Apr 21, 2020 · Along the US-Mexico border, the growing wave of strikes and protests in sweatshop maquiladora factories marks a critical flashpoint in the struggle between the …