Maquiladora Industry
“What does the future hold for the maquiladora industry if the international pressure to improve labour rights continue to rise?â€
In mid 1989, the Maquiladora industry faced a crisis in the form of a strike in Reynosa, Mexico, one of the very few border cities where the labour force was completely unionized, which meant that every worker employed in Reynosa was represented by a union. The whole strike was started with a competition between union leaders for the representation of the workers. The strike in Reynosa symbolized the evolving balance of power between organized labor, the Mexican government and business. The main parties involved were the US companies that produced in the maquiladora zone, the unions and the Mexican government.
The maquiladora concept was initially set up in 1965 to smoothen the implementation of a subcontracting industry of exportation. During the second World War, many Mexicans had crossed the border to work in the US, as the US had a shortage......
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