Introduction
Many people, when confronted with the reality of sweatshop wages paid to workers, you may think that these wages are ok because the people earning them live in countries where the cost of living is much lower. While it it true that the cost of living in these countries is much lower than in the US and Western Europe, the wages earned are generally far from a living wage that can support a family.
We have included here a series of articles that will show you clearly what a living wage is.
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Maquiladora Family Living Costs |
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Written by Comite Fronterizo de Obrer@s (CFO)
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Friday, 25 May 2007 |
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This article in our first in a series on dispelling the myth that sweatshop wages are living wages in low income countries. Here will show you what it costs to support a typical familiy if you are an doing assembly work for consumer electronics manufacturers in Mexico.
The text our this article was reprinted with permission from Julia Quiñonez of the Comité Fronterizo de Obrer@s (CFO). Muchas Gracias Julia! Please support our amigos in Mexico, http://www.cfomaquiladoras.org/ . |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 May 2007 )
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