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Mexican women on the move: Migrant workers in Mexico and Canada

Date

1999

Authors

Antonieta Barrón

Abstract

This collection of compelling and original research makes connections in Canada, the US and Mexico among women who work in fast-food restaurants, supermarkets and agricultural production. The fourteen chapters take a critical look at how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has affected these women's working and living conditions, sharpening our understanding of how the workplace has been restructured in order to fulfill consumer demands for tomatoes, exotic flowers and fruits, as well as fast-food burgers and fries. Food activists in Latin America, the US and Canada propose alternatives to counteract the oppressive conditions of free trade and globalization.

Book title

Women working the NAFTA food chain: Women, food and globalization

Place published

Toronto

Publisher

Second Story Books

Notes

Also have Chap 4 - The "poisoning" of indigenous migrant women and children...

Economic sectors

Agriculture and horticulture workers and Sales and service occupations - general

Geographical focuses

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, México, Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia, Other provinces, Federal, and Nova Scotia

Languages

English