Maquildadora trade
I write this paper on behalf of the Maquila Solidarity Network, in order to draw further attention to the treatment of female workers in Mexican Maquiladoras. There are close to a million maquiladora workers in Mexico and over three thousand factories. Many of the workers are girls and young women from 14 to 20 years old. They work six days a week in grueling 10-hour shifts with very few breaks. Working conditions are often hazardous, and industrial accidents and toxic exposures are common. Since the onslaught of globalization issues of health and Safety, wage rates and mistreatment of workers has become more evident and more problematic than ever.Heath and Safety complaints have been made about the lack of safety regulations in factories, and these complaints have not resulted in any significant change. By remaining idle, employers merely increase the possibility for future accidents to occur. In late 1996, for example, PROFEPA (Mexico's environmental enforcement authority) closed a "Juarez-based Maquila owned by Bobinas del Sur after an explosion involving toxic substances left eight workers with third-degree burns"(Online: http://www.us-mex.org/borderlines/1998/bl47/bl47ohs.html). Working conditions for employees have prov
Workers do not even generate enough income in order to live comfortably, especially when they are responsible for the care of their children and families. Like many other women in third world countries, these women are forced out of their homes, in order to search for work. According to Grace Chang women are struck the "hardest and, render themselves most vulnerable to exploitation"(Kit. 124). The women that work in these factories are not simply working there to earn a little spending money; they need this money in order to survive.
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