On the Line: Life on the US-Mexican BorderThe US-Mexican border is a unique meeting point of the first and third worlds. Every day thousands of Mexicans run the gauntlet of the US Border Patrol to reach the promised lands of California and Texas. On the Mexican side half a million people, mainly young women, earn a dollar an hour or less, toiling for US companies in the assembly plants. In On The Line, Augusta Dwyer journeys through the crowded, dirty cities of the border, uncovering the stories of dozens of ordinary Mexicans - workers, illegal migrants, environmental activists. She reveals the hidden costs of free trade, and shows how Mexicans are resisting exploitation and the destruction of their environment. |
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... workers and the low wages that characterise the industry . Those wages - a fraction of what workers in the United States and Canada earn - are the bottom line advantage to setting up a maquiladora on the Mexican border . American ...
... workers and the low wages that characterise the industry . Those wages - a fraction of what workers in the United States and Canada earn - are the bottom line advantage to setting up a maquiladora on the Mexican border . American ...
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... work and raising families placed on women maquila workers is probably the chief source of social problems in border cities . Even when children do not meet the tragic end of the Rodríguez family , the human cost of poor care and a life ...
... work and raising families placed on women maquila workers is probably the chief source of social problems in border cities . Even when children do not meet the tragic end of the Rodríguez family , the human cost of poor care and a life ...
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... maquila workers of Matamoros the highest paid on the border . Wages are about double those paid anywhere else , with pay for weekends included in the 40 - hour week , the shortest working week in the maquila belt . Every year wages are ...
... maquila workers of Matamoros the highest paid on the border . Wages are about double those paid anywhere else , with pay for weekends included in the 40 - hour week , the shortest working week in the maquila belt . Every year wages are ...
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Don Jaimes Domain | 15 |
Womens Work | 31 |
The Way the Wind Blows | 49 |
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