Source: "Employees Work the Production Line at a Factory in Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila State, Mexico," McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services, June 17, 2012
Note: Satety signs and instructions are often written in English, a language most maquiadora workers do not mad or speak
Source: Photo by John Gibbins
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2006
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Document Analysis
1. What kind of work is being done in these maquiladoras?
2. Based on the images, do these factories provide many job opportunities? Explain.
No because
all of them are doing the same thing
3. In what ways do working conditions in the two photos seem similar to each other? How are they
different?
4. What is good about the working conditions in these photos? What is bad about them?
5. How do these photos and the note help answer the question, has NAFTA kept its promises to
Mexican workers?