The Dividing Line: Unpeaceful Workplaces-- Profits Raise Pressure on F. / Sam Dillon.
by Dillon, Sam; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 44Business. Publisher: New York Times, 2001ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Cost and standard of living -- Mexico | Housing -- Mexico | Offshore assembly industry | Social responsibility of business | Work environment -- Mexico | Mexican-American Border Region | Mexico -- Economic conditions | Mexico -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In Acuna, as in other border settlements, Mexican workers earn such miserable wages and American companies pay such minimal taxes that its schools are a shambles, its hospital crumbling, its trash collection slapdash, and its sewage lines collapsed. Half of Acuna's 150,000 residents now use backyard latrines." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article focuses on the U.S.-owned factories along the Mexican border and addresses their impact on Mexican life and economy.
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Originally Published: The Dividing Line: Unpeaceful Workplaces-- Profits Raise Pressure on F, Feb. 15, 2001; pp. A1+.
"In Acuna, as in other border settlements, Mexican workers earn such miserable wages and American companies pay such minimal taxes that its schools are a shambles, its hospital crumbling, its trash collection slapdash, and its sewage lines collapsed. Half of Acuna's 150,000 residents now use backyard latrines." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article focuses on the U.S.-owned factories along the Mexican border and addresses their impact on Mexican life and economy.
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