Against the Grain, for October 25, 2004 - 12:00pm
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Inside the Maquiladoras. Workers at the assembly plants in Mexico known as maquiladoras face many challenges: low wages, monotonous tasks, management demands, and an unsolved crime wave known as the Maquiladora Murders. Anthropologist Devon Pena is interested in the murders' social context; he's also examined worker resistance within the maquilas. (Encore presentation.)
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