Author: MSN.Publisher:
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Languages : en
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Maquila Solidarity Network: MSN
Author: MSN.Codes of Conduct, Government Regulation & Worker Organizing
Author: Lynda YanzGender Identification and Working Class Solidarity Among Maquila Workers in Ciudad Juarez
Author: Gay YoungPublisher:
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Category : International business enterprises
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
In recent years there has been considerable speculation on the part of both scholars and policy makers about the effects of maquila work on participants in the labor force of Mexico's Border Industrialization Program (BIP). Within that general context, the specific concerns of this paper are to examine (1) which work-related experiences enable maquila workers to expand the traditional female role and (2) which work-related experiences enhance the development of women's consciousness of their status as workers in the new international division of labor. This empirical investigation examines the larger theoretical issues of the interconnections between gender relations and class processes. Following an overview of the interrelations of gender, class, and export-oriented industrialization, and using Mexico's BIP as a case in point, the findings of a field experiment carried out among maquila workers in Ciudad Juarez are discussed. The data suggest to caution in attributing characteristics such a passivity and submissiveness to these women workers, since they appear to be far from docile and unorganizable. The conclusions highlight issues for policy makers who are concerned with furthering women's treatment as equals in society and enhancing women's capacity to author their own development.
Women and the Maquila in Central America
Author: Lee BenstedPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Solidarity First
Author: Robert O'BrienPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774858303
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"An important and timely book that engages a uniquely critical perspective on the liberal ideology of social cohesion from a labour perspective. I can think of no other source with the depth of analysis and range of case studies." – Colin Mooers, editor of The New Imperialists: Ideologies of Empire As working people’s lives become increasingly fragmented, competitive, and unequal, debates about social cohesion capture the unease of contemporary society over growing economic restructuring. Solidarity First examines the concept and practice of social cohesion in terms of its impact on, and significance for, workers in Canada. It will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of public policy, political science, sociology, and labour studies.
Conquistando Espacios Para Salir Adelante
Author: Georgia MarmanPublisher: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
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Category : Offshore assembly industry
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Solidarity Transformed
Author: Mark S. AnnerPublisher: ILR Press
ISBN: 0801460573
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Mark S. Anner spent ten years working with labor unions in Latin America and returned to conduct eighteen months of field research: he found himself in the middle of violent raids, was detained and interrogated in a Salvadoran basement prison cell, and survived a bombing in a union cafeteria. This experience as a participant observer informs and enlivens Solidarity Transformed, an illustrative, nuanced, and insightful account of how labor unions in Latin American are developing new strategies to defend the interests of the workers they represent in dynamic global and local contexts. Anner combines in-depth case studies of the auto and apparel industries in El Salvador, Honduras, Brazil, and Argentina with survey analysis. Altogether, he documents approximately seventy labor campaigns—both successful and failed—over a period of twenty years. Anner finds that four labor strategies have dominated labor campaigns in recent years: transnational activist campaigns; transnational labor networks; radical flank mechanisms; and microcorporatist worker-employer pacts. The choice of which strategy to pursue is shaped by the structure of global supply chains, access to the domestic political process, and labor identities. Anner's multifaceted approach is both rich in anecdote and supported by quantitative research. The result is a book in which labor activists find new and creative ways to support their members and protect their organizations in the midst of political change, global restructuring, and economic crises.
Maquila & Solidarity
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Category : Clothing workers
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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This booklet contains excerpts from an interview with Yessenia Guania, a 22-year old maquila workers and a member of the union SITRAKIMIH that recently won a collective agreement in Honduras.
Sewing Justice
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Category : Clothing workers
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Focuses on the freedom to organize in the maquila sector and the role that people in the US can play in promoting the basic rights of workers in a global economy.
Author: Katherine V. Harris