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Working Conditions in Border Export Industries and Migration

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Localized Global Economies on the Northern Borderlands of Mexico and Morocco

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This chapter assesses working conditions in Tijuana and Tangier-Tetouan border export industries, comparing wages, freedom of association, forced labor, harmful child labor, job safety, and discrimination. The evaluation is carried out across four levels of analysis: supra-national regulations (International Labor Organization), national policies, local arrangements, and what was reported by employees. Managers’ mistreatment of Tijuana workers increased during the crisis from 2000 to 2009 and is especially prevalent in Korean factories. We conclude that working conditions are worse in Morocco because there is a constant surplus of labor, making the informal negotiation for improvement which occurs in Tijuana during boom times impossible. Export industries in these border locations have historically drawn migrants from the interior who can over time escape very bad working conditions by emigrating.

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Kopinak, K., Quintero Ramírez, C., Hennebry, J. (2019). Working Conditions in Border Export Industries and Migration. In: Trinidad Requena, A., Soriano-Miras, R., Solís, M., Kopinak, K. (eds) Localized Global Economies on the Northern Borderlands of Mexico and Morocco . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96589-5_5

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