And American workers, he warned, would find their firms and factories employing low-wage laborers in Mexico. Organized labor, however, would never gain a strong foothold in Mexico. In Mexican Workers and the State , historian Norman Caulfield traces the evolution of organized labor from its radical roots during the Mexican Revolution to its present status as a mere pawn in the game of Mexican politics.
Outside industries continue to play an unsettling role in the vacillating Mexican economy.
Mexico has become a haven for foreign interests. Material on which Mexican Workers and the State is based has won the Harvey Johnson Award from the Southwestern Council of Latin American Studies. He has published numerous articles on the history of labor in Mexico. Mexican Workers and the State is his first book. Latin American History.