The Children of NAFTA

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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.

subjects: Canada,  Canada. 1992 Oct. 7.,  Quality of work life,  Mexican Americans,  Economic conditions,  Mexican Foreign workers,  Labor movement,  Social conditions,  Employment,  Migrant labor,  North American Free Trade Agreement,  Arbeidsmigratie,  Conditions sociales,  Conditions économiques,  Grenzgebiet,  Travailleurs migrants,  Américains d'origine mexicaine,  Qualité de la vie au travail,  Soziale Bewegung,  Travail,  Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer,  North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17),  Travailleurs étrangers mexicains,  Arbeiterbewegung,  Soziale Situation,  Mouvement ouvrier,  Economic history,  Foreign workers, mexican,  Mexican-american border region,  Mexico, social conditions,  Treaties,  United states, employment service,  Canada. 1992 October 7.