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screen capture, Google entry for MSN Resource Centre ... The Maquiladora Industry in Mexico ... Justice in the Maquiladoras, Annual Report 1999 ... trade on garment workers in Mexico and Canada ... CIPAF, a women's research NGO ... www.maquilasolidarity.org/resources/maquilas/ - 27k - Cached - Similar Pages

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screen capture, Maquila Solidarity Network, Resource Centre - Maquilas/Export Processing Zones - last upadated December 2001, MSN Resources: (links to) What is a maquila?, Lesotho Garment Workers Win Wage Increase, MSN, December 2001; Will Fox Allow Independent Unions in Mexico's Maquilas?, MSN, December 2001; Alcoa fires 186 maquila workers in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, to eliminate workers committee, MSN, October 2001; Fox's Plan Puebla Panama Confronts Corridors of Resistance, MSN, September 2001, Critics of Mexican President Fox's plan Puebla Panama believe its real aim is to ... (sidebar) Country Profiles, Labour conditions and issue facing garment workers in maquilas and EPZs in: (links) Bangladesh, Homeworkers in Canada, Southern China, Honduras

screen capture, Maquila Solidarity Network, Resource Centre, continued, (links) Baja California Sur, Mexico: Land of Sun, Surf, and Sweatshops, MSN, September 2001; Philippine Workers Demand End to Union Busting, MSN, September 2001;l Breaking Boundaries, Building Alliances, MSN, June 2001, Report on a Latin America/Asia Women's Exchange for women organizers and advocates held in Nicaragua in February 2001; (circled in red with an arrow) Women activists share experiences, MSN, June 2001, An informal conversation betwen Asian and Latin American activists participating in the women's exchange; Custom Trim workers vindicated; but will they be compensated?, MSN, June 2001. NAO report confirms Mexico's failure to enforce health and safety regulations in the case of Custom Trim workers

This site is from Maquila Solidarity Network, a Canadian organization that promotes solidarity with groups in Mexico and elsewhere organizing in maquiladora factories and export processing zones to improve conditions and win a living wage. This page, from MSN's Resource Centre, includes links to further information, including to "Women Activists Share Experiences," circled above.


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