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

Author: David Bacon
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David Bacon
ISBN: 0520237781 9780520237780 0520244729 9780520244726
OCLC Number: 52757356
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
Grapes and green onions --
Putting solidarity on the table --
Tijuana's Maquiladora workers --
Han Young --
Build a house, go to jail --
The strategic alliance --
Duro means hard --
Mexico's wars over privatization --
Transplanted expectations --
The world of the border has changed --
Epilogue : the confrontation to come.
Other Titles: Labor war on the U.S./Mexico border
Responsibility: David Bacon.
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"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.

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