Maquiladoras+and+Matamoras

[|SFGate]This is an interesting article about NAFTA and Maquiladoras.
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Maquiladoras in Mexico
http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/maquiladoras.htm

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There are over one million Mexicans working in over 3,000 foreign maquiladoras. United States benefits from the cheap mexican labor and the almost nonexistent taxes between US and Mexico due to NAFTA. ======

Here is an article on a union leaders struggle []

Article about Maquilas in Matamoros []

Maquiladora industry: Past, present, and future. []

Maquiladoras - American industry creates modern day Mexican slaves. []

Here is a modern website that is attempting to lure new manufacturing to Mexico. Many of the ideas that were promoted in the book seem to still be in use today, especially the idea of cheap labor. []

An interesting article about Maquilas in Matamoros []

Zenith Electronic's Mexican Maquiladora Factories Comité Fronterizo de Obreros []

Maquiladora Advantages to U.S. and Mexico Economies [|http://www.harlingenedc.com/InternationalOpportunity/Maquiladoras]

Link to the CJM Home Page, Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, this website gives you up to date information about the struggles and what is being done to help those affected by the Maquiladoras. It gives you the opportunity to read accounts from people who have actually been there and seen the effect that free trade has had on most of these poor areas of Mexico, allows you to become a member and/or give donations to the cause, maquila information, overall explanation of what exactly the CJM is and what their goals are, access to their publications, and gives you access to their local and international, events and meetings. []#

This article is from the San Francisco Chronicle, published back in 2005. It gives you both sides of the story when it comes to the maquiladoras. []

This video talks about the justice for mexican maquila seafood workers. media type="youtube" key="BvDoeOb8fAo" height="344" width="425"

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