The Project - MEXUSCAN

REFLECTION, RESISTANCE AND RE/SOLUTIONS:
The Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras (CJM)
Video Production by Julio Cesar Guerero

This is a video production that profiles CJM's work over the last 10 years as a tri-national advocacy organization.

The 35 minute video touches on issues that affect workers in the three countries included in the North American Free Trade Agreement. These issues include: human and worker rights, environmental pollution, and various other impacts of NAFTA.

Producer Julio Cesar Guerrero encapsulates several themes within the global economy discourse from the perspective of an advocate. The video focuses on the following themes: the development of CJM, the involvement of Unions, organizing strategies, environmental and health and safety issues, international campaigns and international support and solidarity models.

The video includes testimonies from CJM members regarding the many struggles which occur along the U.S./Mexico border. The testimonies illustrate the workers' constant struggles against the adverse effects of foreign capital investment in Mexico. Tactics which are discussed in the video include civil disobedience as well as the utilization of conventional negotiation channels.

Produced by Julio Cesar Guerero, MSW, MA, SSW Adjunct Lecturer

See clips of the video.

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