| Acknowledgements
Preface
1. The Legacy of NAFTA
2. Health and Safety in the Workplace—Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas
The Custom-Trim/Auto-Trim Case and the Birth of FUTURO grassroots
Pedro López, Isabel Morales and Israel Monroy Barron
Excerpts from Custom-Trim and Auto-Trim Workers’ Testimony to the US National Administrative Office, US Department of Labor
3. Fighting for a Healthy Environment—Cross Border Region of Tijuana/San Diego
Environmental Health Coalition and the Colectivo Chilpancingo for Environmental Justice-
María Lourdes Lujan Aguirre
4. Freedom of Association—Nuevo Laredo, Río Bravo, Reynosa, Tamaulipas
Sony Workers—Nuevo Laredo
Yolanda Treviño, Martha Ojeda, Felicitas Contreras, Nelly Benítez
Workers’ and Community Center [CETRAC]
The Workers of Duro Bag Manufacturing Company—Río Bravo
Duro Workers’ Collective History [DUROO]
Carmen Julia Silva, Luisa Estela Álvarez Moreno, María del Refugio Guzman Flores
LG Electronics Workers: The Struggle Continues—Reynosa
Workers’ Rights and Union Democracy [DODS]—Reynosa
Report on Twelve Years of NAFTA—Teresa Chávez
5. Organizing from Shop floor to Colonia—La Laguna Region, Durango and Coahuila
The Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, La Laguna
Fernando López Oropeza, Democratic Alliance of La Laguna [ADELA]
Erica Cervantes Duarte, María de Jesús and María Remedios Escareño Pérez
Patricia Jaques, Enrique Hernández, Carolina Barbosa, Iván Hernández Barbosa, Aidé Josefina Ramírez Hernández, and Julio César Ramírez
The Lajat Workers—Fighting for Freedom of Association,
Eduardo González Balderas, Reyes Edelmira Rodríguez Hernández
Sights Denim/Levi Strauss Workers, Morelos, Coahuila
Sara Lee Workers—Ciudad Frontera, Coahuila
6. Analysis of the Northeast Border—Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, Río Bravo:
Strategic Cities for World Capital-Julio César Ramírez
7. NAFTA’s Impact in the South: Building Alternatives in Chiapas
Trans-Textil—The Maquiladora of San Cristóbal de las Casas Miguel Pickard White
Las Abejas—Acteal, Chiapas, José Pérez Vázquez and José Alfredo Jiménez Pérez
Zapatista Autonomous Communities—Zapatista Territory, Chiapas
Caracol Oventic—Board of Good Government,
Autonomous Municipality of San Andrés Sak’amchén de los Pobres
Caracol Morelia—The Whirlwind of Our Words—Board of Good Government
Cristóbal Porras—Taxi driver, and the Bishop’s Bodyguard, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas
Center for Economic and Political Research and Community Action [CIEPAC]—San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Onesimo Hidalgo and Miguel Pickard White
Concepción Yaknajab—Comitán, Chiapas
Maquiladora Develpment Chronology
Glossary
References and Resources for Further Reading
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