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WHY ? Another aspect of organizational perspective is to analyze their activities. Here is another potential source of information on maquiladoras and Mexican women ... ... and below is a screen capture detailing the wealth of information, links, definitions, etc., available on this site. If you follow the link for "Breaking Boundaries, Building Alliances" ...
... you would find the following website sponsored by the Maquila Solidarity Network.
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regions of the world did women come to the 2001 meeting?
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This page last updated on: June 30, 2002.
![screen capture, MSN Resource Centre. [Links] What is a maquila?; Lesotho Garment Workers Win Wage Increase (MSN, December 2001); Will Fox Allow Independent Unions in Mexico's Maquilas (MSN, Decemeber 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 make use of its abundant cheap labor force, while accelerating the forced dislocation of indigenous and campesino farmers off the land and into the maquilas); Union Members Assaulted in Guatemala (MSN, September 2001, Describes physical attacks on worders attempting to organize unions at two Liz Claiborne supply factories); Baja California Sur, Mexico: Land of Sun, Surf and Sweatshops (MSN, September 2001); Philippine Workers Demand End to Union Busting (MSN, September 2001); Breaking Boundaries, Building Alliances (MSN, June 2001, Report on a Latin America/Asian Women's Exchange for women organizers and advocates held in Nicarage in February). [red arrow pointing to last link] [SIDEBAR - Country Profile - Labor conditions and issues facing garment workers and EPZs in: [links] Bangladesh; Homeworkers in Canada; Southern Chica; Honduras; Tehuacan, Mexico; Cohuila, Mexico; Nicaragua.]](../../Images/searchenginetutorial/why/googlemsn1.gif)
