LEADER 04131nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910807854603321 005 20230126202911.0 010 $a0-292-73914-1 024 7 $a10.7560/739130 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105913 035 $a(OCoLC)808382012 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10582908 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000713252 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11374782 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713252 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10650749 035 $a(PQKB)11751319 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443609 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17586 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443609 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10582908 035 $a(DE-B1597)587452 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292739147 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105913 100 $a20111208d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMexican women in American factories$b[electronic resource] $efree trade and exploitation on the border /$fby Carolyn Tuttle 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-73913-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAmerican factories in Mexico -- The border city of Nogales -- House to house: the method of analysis -- The history of the maquila industry -- Are the maquilas sweatshops? -- Liberation or exploitation of women workers? -- Fancy factories and dilapidated dwellings. 330 $aPrior to the millennium, economists and policy makers argued that free trade between the United States and Mexico would benefit both Americans and Mexicans. They believed that NAFTA would be a ?win-win? proposition that would offer U.S. companies new markets for their products and Mexicans the hope of living in a more developed country with the modern conveniences of wealthier nations. Blending rigorous economic and statistical analysis with concern for the people affected, Mexican Women in American Factories offers the first assessment of whether NAFTA has fulfilled these expectations by examining its socioeconomic impact on workers in a Mexican border town. Carolyn Tuttle led a group that interviewed 620 women maquila workers in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The responses from this representative sample refute many of the hopeful predictions made by scholars before NAFTA and reveal instead that little has improved for maquila workers. The women?s stories make it plain that free trade has created more low-paying jobs in sweatshops where workers are exploited. Families of maquila workers live in one- or two-room houses with no running water, no drainage, and no heat. The multinational companies who operate the maquilas consistently break Mexican labor laws by requiring women to work more than nine hours a day, six days a week, without medical benefits, while the minimum wage they pay workers is insufficient to feed their families. These findings will make a crucial contribution to debates over free trade, CAFTA-DR, and the impact of globalization. 606 $aOffshore assembly industry$zMexico 606 $aWomen offshore assembly industry workers$zMexico 606 $aCorporations, Foreign$zMexico 606 $aManufacturing industries$zUnited States$xEmployees 606 $aInternational business enterprises$zUnited States$xEmployees 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xEconomic conditions 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xSocial conditions 615 0$aOffshore assembly industry 615 0$aWomen offshore assembly industry workers 615 0$aCorporations, Foreign 615 0$aManufacturing industries$xEmployees. 615 0$aInternational business enterprises$xEmployees. 676 $a331.40972/1 700 $aTuttle$b Carolyn$01690576 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807854603321 996 $aMexican women in American factories$94066343 997 $aUNINA