creation of maquiladoras or maquilas in Mexico started to be an important change in the border by the 1960s. Like everything, the introduction of maquiladoras in Mexico has its pros and cons for both sides of the border. Nonetheless, cons are more notorious on the Mexican side of the border. After a series of peso devaluation, Mexican labor appeared to be
struggling to provide for themselves and their families. The main argument involving Mexico’s “maquiladoras (assembly plants that produce exported goods)”(185) has been involving whether these jobs are empowering woman who would otherwise not have a job in the formal sector or harming them not only physically and economically but also harming their sense of self-worth. A paper entitled “Woman Workers in the Maquiladoras and the Debate on Global Labor Standards” argues that these maquila jobs don’t have nearly
to be offered any work. Resisting these small inconsistencies resulted in a raise in minimum wage, and defining the boundaries of who issued the paycheck. As for RCA, the proletarianization of once rural workers grew in the industry. The rise of maquiladoras also strengthened unionism in Mexico, leading to a workers consciousness of rights in that area. Although weak, resistance was still generated in the worker organization and consciousness during these economic changes and provided new views on
Maquiladora’s. The one we are going to discuss is Mexico. A Maquiladora is a “sweat shop”. A sweat shop is work places that offer work to people and the conditions they work in are normally pretty miserable. The wages are super low. The wages are not even a dollar an hour. They work long, long days. These places originated in Mexico back in the 1960’s. These are still very popular to see in Mexico. Women and men work in these sweat shops. Many times the women are forced to live in shantytowns. Shantytowns are