Maquiladora

anti-feminicide movement. Patterson in her article gives historical context of the conditions of women in the Cuidad Jaurez and talks about the effects of the Maquiladora Program which replaced the Bracero program in 1965. Patterson claims that , “Cuidad Juarez became a hunting ground for innocent female victims with the establishment of the Maquiladora Program.” Patterson backs this claim by providing evidence of how the program led to a job crisis which led to the creation of the National boarder Development

In Mexico, the maquiladoras are a great and beneficial source for the economy, rising up their earnings and wasting little money on their employees. Maquiladoras are own by large corporations, which they only seek for more earnings by establishing these maquiladoras in profitable locations. These corporations know exactly where to locate their maquiladoras, within near poor communities, where families are in need of jobs to put food on the table. The majority of the maquiladoras mainly hire women

In the mid 1960’s the National Border Industrialization program began, helping the maquiladoras industry and the development of infrastructure of its northern border. Creating job opportunities and means of products into the country. According to Mexico Maquiladoras and NAFTA, Patrick Kelly describes that the maquiladora program “allowed foreign manufacturers to temporarily import duty free machinery, tools, equipment, replacement parts and raw of plentiful and comparatively cheap labor and low transportation

experiences with maquiladoras. Carmen Duran and Lourdes Lujan film video diaries that show how their communities are affected by maquiladoras and the experiences they have had working in maquiladoras. Mexico was first introduced to maquiladoras in the 1960s through foreign companies who arrived in order to get tax breaks and low-cost labor. In the 1990s, maquiladoras become prevalent and there were nearly 4,000 just near the border. A variety of things are assembled at different maquiladoras, as the film

social problems. According to the American Journal of Public Health, written by Sylvia Guendelman, PhD professor at University of California, Berkley graduate in health services and policy analysis, and Monica J. Silberg, high levels of pressure in maquiladoras have been associated with generic symptoms such as gastric disorder, depression, menstrual problem, and mass hysteria. Health problems depended on what industries the worker dealt with. “Pulmonary and eye problems, dermatitis, hand injuries, and

Globalization”, and the film, “Maquilapolis: City of Factories”, both show how maquiladoras take advantage of cheap labor in Third World countries. The reading says, “These imperatives, coupled with inexpensive labor and other lower costs in Third World Countries, as well as technological innovations that make it relatively simple for manufacturing plants to shut down at one sit and re-open at another…” (289), companies will open up maquiladoras in one country for a while and then leave to another country once

Exploitation and gendered labor is an ever-present issue that has presented itself in nations across Latin America as well as globally. One of the ways in which this is clearly visible is in the maquiladora industry, large-scale export-oriented factories that dot the landscapes of many Latino countries. Multinational corporations such as Nike, Panasonic, and Zenith, all set up shop in areas beyond the border as a means of avoiding many restrictions when it comes to taxes and trades. Furthermore it

know those big companies, but neither the toy factory workers. They are like birds in the cage. For workers, that¡¯s so miserable. They are human beings but having no rights to enjoy their life. According to David Bacon, the story of a maquiladora worker, the maquiladora worker neither have time to rest or have personal life. It¡¯s important because they will get extraordinary tired and lose the chance to socialize with friends and upgrade themselves, to have entertainment, If workers just keep on working

Florida Tech Lorraine Alvarez EMG3340 Professor Michael Aubry October 7, 2016  Problem As a consultant to Balagny Clothing Co., these are the problems that I understand have occurred after the relocation to China for the production of your product: Balagny Clothing Co. closed all of its domestic manufacturing plants and moved its operations to China. The agreement put in place with the Chinese company seems to be an Independent Overseas Manufacturer agreement. By utilizing this type of agreement

Globalized Violence: The Connection Between Western Capitalism and Mexican Femicide Globalization: a process of interaction between the social, economic and political systems of different nations, a process powered by international trade and investment. Some assert that globalization encourages the spread of more “enlightened and egalitarian” Western values and international tolerance, while others believe that this phenomenon harms more than it helps and fosters an uncontrolled and abusive economic