In the 1960’s the use of Maquiladoras began to arise. Maquiladoras are mexican factories that are set up by foreign countries. Foreign countries (mostly the United States for factories in Mexico) send the parts of a product to Maquiladoras and mexican assembly line workers create the products and ship them back to the country they came from. Foreign companies typically use this business practice because it offers cheap labor and tax breaks. The use and presence of maquiladoras did not become so immense in Mexico until the 1990’s when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) stepped in. In the mid 1990’s NAFTA helped the spread of maquiladoras in Mexico, increasing the amount of factories and availability for U.S companies to expand onto
…show more content…
Maquiladoras play a big role in Mexico’s economy especially for the workers. Most of the people who are employed in maquiladoras are young women. Maquiladoras employ young women primarily for three reasons. Firstly, they are more willing to work to get their family and themselves out of poverty than men. Secondly, the kind of work that is required for assembly lines usually calls for employees that have small and docile hands. Lastly, women have been shown to be willing to work longer hours than men. Although maquiladoras pay well for Mexican wages (about one sixth of the U.S wage per hour), and this benefits many women, there has still been a negative result from women holding many maquiladora jobs. In the 1990’s the rate of female homicides increased because women were outearning men in wages. Women working in maquiladoras have also revealed that factory owners treat them like they 're commodities, things that can be easily replaced if they are not compliant or efficient enough. This is why maquiladoras are beneficial to some and not so much for others, specifically women workers. Even though many women working in these factories are not benefitted from working in maquiladoras, there are still others being benefitted by the existence of these factories. Maquiladoras have benefitted the country of Mexico in many ways. Maquiladoras have decreased overall poverty by providing many jobs due to the division of labor that assembly lines require. Maquiladoras have also decreased poverty by being able to offer higher wages due to their tax breaks. These factories have not only helped improve the lives of people in Mexico, but have helped improve Mexico itself. Over the years, maquiladoras have given Mexico a higher Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as well as
Maquiladoras play a big role in Mexico’s economy especially for the workers. Most of the people who are employed in maquiladoras are young women. Maquiladoras employ young women primarily for three reasons. Firstly, they are more willing to work to get their family and themselves out of poverty than men. Secondly, the kind of work that is required for assembly lines usually calls for employees that have small and docile hands. Lastly, women have been shown to be willing to work longer hours than men. Although maquiladoras pay well for Mexican wages (about one sixth of the U.S wage per hour), and this benefits many women, there has still been a negative result from women holding many maquiladora jobs. In the 1990’s the rate of female homicides increased because women were outearning men in wages. Women working in maquiladoras have also revealed that factory owners treat them like they 're commodities, things that can be easily replaced if they are not compliant or efficient enough. This is why maquiladoras are beneficial to some and not so much for others, specifically women workers. Even though many women working in these factories are not benefitted from working in maquiladoras, there are still others being benefitted by the existence of these factories. Maquiladoras have benefitted the country of Mexico in many ways. Maquiladoras have decreased overall poverty by providing many jobs due to the division of labor that assembly lines require. Maquiladoras have also decreased poverty by being able to offer higher wages due to their tax breaks. These factories have not only helped improve the lives of people in Mexico, but have helped improve Mexico itself. Over the years, maquiladoras have given Mexico a higher Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as well as