NAFTA even had an important provision for the welfare of the Mexican laborers. However, the rosy picture was little more than window dressing at a grand scale. The maquiladoras were factories that employed many unskilled laborers and some office workers. To call the maquiladoras, “sweatshops”, would not be an understatement. Wages actually decreased in Mexico and increased in the US during NAFTA.
Chantel Mack Dr. Etheridge English 310 7 February 2011 Annotated Bibliography: Americo Paredes Americo Paredes was a Mexican American folklorist, teacher, writer, poet, and musician. He was a seminal Mexican scholar of the 20th century who developed the foundations of modern Mexican American scholarship. He was born on September 3, 1915 in Brownsville, Texas. Paredes studied corridos, folkloric ballads, machismo, and border stereotypes of Mexicans. Known as an ethnic activist he fought against discrimination towards Mexicanos and he wrote many stories dealing with the Mexican culture.
Sweatshops may exist in any country but are more commonly found in LEDC’s. Many of the clothes sold in retail outlets in MEDC’s are manufactured in factories in LEDC’s. In many industries, including the fashion industry, jobs have been lost in MEDC’s because goods and clothes can be produced (manufactured) cheaply and more efficiently in the poorer parts of the world. This is because manufacturing overseas is cheaper; the wages there are lower, due to lots of workers being available and there being no minimum wage. Therefore manufacturers make bigger profit.
Services Quality Candy is well known and beloved candy shop here in the mid west. Quality Candy bottom line has been diminishing in the last few years do impart to the economy and the larger more well known Candy companies able to better service their customers. Quality Candy prides itself on that small hometown feel for the relationship between them and their customers which is fine but they will have to expand their business and try and maintain that hometown feel. Quality Candy has a web site and you can order from the site; however they can not ship to APO, FPO, AFB or Post Office Box addresses or non-US orders. This leaves a large number of potential customers out including the military and Quality Candy is just not that well known out side of the mid west.
Over-production – Fewer products such as cars, consumer good etc were not being sold as factories were making more goods than Americans needed or could afford to buy. As the number of sells went down, the prices of goods also went down which meant that wages had to be kept low. When this did not work, industrialists had to resort to sacking workers, and because the workers did not have any more money, they could not afford luxury so factories continued to
Something inside of me always yearned to sew, and you can learn too. And who knows, maybe after you discover the joys of sewing, you will decide to move forward and open a small sewing business to create and sew unique pieces of
A trendy, counterculture image is being known for producing products that are different and one-of-a-kind. Sears or Wal-Mart cannot effectively create a trendy counterculture image because they produce goods on a high volume and low profit scale. They produce their products in large, uniform quantities for a low price. The mass production of businesses like Sears and Wal-Mart make possessing a counterculture image unachievable. They would not be able to provide that exclusivity niche businesses can because they sell an array of niches instead of just one.
One disadvantage of NAFTA is the loss of manufacturing jobs which would occur from the shift of multinational corporations to Mexico. The relocation of plants by many corporations to head south of the border into Mexico comes about because of the lower cost of production. This is because Mexico has cheaper unskilled labor due to non-existent minimum wage rates. In almost every case money usually leads the way. With respect to NAFTA, the shift is to Mexico.
Different styles indicated certain qualities about an individual during that period. An individual’s age, wealth, marital status, religion, fertility, and manhood could be identified simply by the style of their hair. Because hairstyles were tied to identity, skilled hairdressers put much time and care into creating elaborate designs that met the cultural standards of their region. The styling process would last hours, and sometimes even days, depending on the hairstyle and skill required. Hair grooming was considered a very important, intimate, and spiritual part of one’s overall wellness.
Mayan Culture Life of a Mayan A typical day in the life of a Mayan craft specialist is very interesting. Craft specialists focus their talents in many different disciplines such as pottery making, painting, tool crafting and building monumental architecture, but that was only part of their life. Craft specialists were also occupied by their families, religious events, and community activities. Tool crafters also played very important roles in Mayan culture. They were the foundations of the civilization.