Gender as a Vehicle for the Subordination of Women Maquiladora Workers in Mexico
Author(s)
Kopinak, Kathryn
Abstract
Women maquiladora workers in Mexico are being paid lower wages, given less training and made to work for longer hours in a free-market economy devoid of effective worker-employer relationships. Most jobs available for women, especially in the textile, automative and other production industries, are in the unskilled categories where illiterate maquiladora women are recruited and paid wages lower than men. A cohesive employer-worker relationships, longer work training, wages in parity with men and legality of women workers are some of the steps essential to modernize the Mexican economy.
