After teen-agers in Maclovio Rojas finish secondary school at a neighboring colonia, at age 15 or 16, the only option for most of them is going to work in the maquiladoras.
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- Maquiladora statistics:
- Mexico�s place among world exporters: #11.
- For every 100 dollars in Mexico, 54 have their origin in the maquiladora industry.
- Percentage of raw materials used in the maquiladora industry from Mexico: 2%.
- Cost of the Mexican components that are added to a television with a value of 243 dollars: $4.75
- Multiple of minimum wage (about $3.50) for a family�s basic needs: 4 to 5 times the minimum wage.
- Percentage of a family�s basic needs now covered by the current wages of maquiladora factory operatives: 25 percent.
- Cost in dollars of a gallon of milk on the Mexican border: $3.27
- Cost in dollars of a gallon of milk in New York City: $2.57
- Increase in wages paid to all maquiladora workers [in last period] 5.7%
- Increase in salaries paid to technicians since January 4.2%
- Increase in wages paid to factory workers: 1.0%
- Loss of real wages (purchasing power) of factory workers: -2.1 percent
- Growth of Chinese exports to United States between 2002 and 2003: 27 billion dollars.
- Growth of Mexican exports: less than four billion dollars.
- Price paid to Mexican workers who sell their blood in the border cities of the United States: $15.
Mexican Labor News & Analysis
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
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Maclovio Rojas: la comunidad y su lucha
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Bienvenidos a Maclovio Rojas, Baja, Mexico
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Maclovio Rojas An Exercise In Social Sculpture
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Poster de una exposici�n organizada por Michael Schnorr y el Taller de Arte Fronterizo en Maclovio
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sandwiched between maquiladoras who very much want their land
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section of the border fence, a project of
Border Arts Workshop indicating the number of people who
died trying to cross the border since 1994
