The children of NAFTA : labor wars on the U.S./Mexico border

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Label

The children of NAFTA : labor wars on the U.S./Mexico border

Title remainder

labor wars on the U.S./Mexico border

Statement of responsibility

David Bacon

Title variation

Labor war on the U.S./Mexico border

Creator

• Bacon, David, 1948-

Subject

• Arbeidsmigratie
• Arbeiterbewegung
• Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
• Canada., 1992 oct. 7
• Economic history
• Foreign workers, Mexican
• Foreign workers, Mexican -- United States
• Grenzgebiet
• Labor movement
• Labor movement -- Mexican-American Border Region
• Mexican Americans -- Employment
• Mexican Americans -- Employment
• Mexican-American Border Region -- Conditions sociales
• Mexican-American Border Region -- Conditions économiques
• Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions
• Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
• Américains d'origine mexicaine -- Travail
• Migrant labor
• Migrant labor -- Mexican-American Border Region
• Mouvement ouvrier -- Mexican-American Border Region
• North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
• North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17)
• North American Free Trade Agreement, (1992 December 17)
• Quality of work life
• Quality of work life -- Mexican-American Border Region
• Qualité de la vie au travail -- Mexican-American Border Region
• Social conditions
• Soziale Bewegung
• Soziale Situation
• Travailleurs migrants -- Mexican-American Border Region
• Travailleurs étrangers mexicains -- États-Unis
• USA
• United States
• Mexiko

Language

eng

Summary

"Based on firsthand accounts, this book investigates the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on those who work along the U.S./Mexico border producing food, televisions, computer equipment, plumbing supplies, clothing, and other goods that are the material foundation of our lives. Journalist David Bacon paints a portrait of poverty, repression, and struggle, offering a devastating critique of NAFTA in the most in-depth examination of border workers published to date." "This book finds that, despite the promises of its backers, NAFTA has locked in a harsh neoliberal economic policy that has swept away laws and protections established by Mexican workers over many decades. More than a showcase for NAFTA's victims, The Children of NAFTA traces the emergence of a new social consciousness, telling how workers in Mexico, the U.S., and Canada are now beginning to join together in a powerful new strategy of cross-border organizing as they fight for economic and social justice."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

331.1/0972/1

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HD8081.M6

LC item number

B33 2004

Literary form

non fiction