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Free for Whom? NAFTA and Mexican Labor
June 16, 1999
Listen/download helpIt's been more than five years now since the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, took effect. Throughout this same time period, the Mexican government has stepped up military operations against indigenous guerrilla groups, and an atmosphere of intimidation has stifled independent union organizing. NAFTA supporters, who are looking to expand the treaty's provisions into the rest of Latin America, say the trade deal has been a success. But what's the real story? On this program, you'll hear from labor leaders and community activists in Mexico and what they have to say about so-called free trade.
Featuring:
Bertha Luján, National Coordination Committee of the Authentic Workers Front; Hilda Salazar, Environmental Commission/Mexican Network Against Free Trade; Onésimo Hidalgo and Gustavo Castro, Center for Economic and Political Research for Community Action in Chiapas, Mexico; Ramiro Diaz, Nahua Indian from Huastecas, Mexico; Estela Garcia Ramirez, Zapotec Indian from Oaxaca’s southern Sierra Madres; Hilda Navarette, The Voice of the Voiceless; Maribel Gutierrez, award-winning author and journalist.
For more information:
Gustavo Castro Soto and Onesimo Hidalgo
CIEPAC, A.C.
Centro de Investigaciones Economicas y Politicas de Accion Comunitaria
Eje Vial Uno Numero 11
Col. Jardines de Vista Hermosa
29297 San Cristobal, Chiapas Mexico
01-967-85832 (from inside Mexico)or 52-967-85832 (from outside Mexico)
www.ciepac.org
Bertha Lujan
c/ Godard 20
Colonia Guadalupe Victoria
07790 Mexico, Distrito Federal
+5-56-93-75/+5-56-93-14; fax: +5-56-93-16