The maquiladora workers of Latin America

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On Independent Monitoring and Latin American Workers
By Lynda Yanz, 26 January 1998. Meeting hosted by the Independent Monitoring Group in El Salvador (GIMES) for dealing with conditions in the maquilas. It also held a public forum on January 13 and 14 to discuss their experience and that of other Central American groups.
Rights Set Back 100 Years in Duty-Free Zones
Mario Osava, IPS, 20 May 1999. Duty-free maquiladora zones for the assembly of exports in Central America and the Caribbean mean even the most basic rights are trampled. The maquiladoras, mainly textile plants, are a major source of jobs, but disregard the laws of the countries where they operate.