The Children of NAFTA
Subtitle: Labor Wars on the U.S./Mexico Border
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780520237780
Subjects: Political science & theory; Trade agreements & tariffs; Work & labour; Migrant labor; History; Ethnic Studies - General; United States; Sociology; Mexican-American Border Region; History: American; Mexico; USA; Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; United States - State & Local - Southwest; Social Science / Sociology / General; Employment; Americas (North Central South West Indies); General; Alien labor, Mexican; Mexican Americans
First sentence: NAFTA repeatedly plunged a knife into Jose Castillo's heart.
Description: "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.