Maquiladoras (1984) Ch. 54 WL

This article, as dated as it may be was interesting to me. I have an abundance of respect for these researchers who insert themselves into a totally new and unusual environment and proceed to go against the grain of their lives. They put themselves in terrible situations just to gather information and inform the general public. It must have been difficult for her to do this. Her time trying to get a job at this sewing factory was surprisingly similar to many times I have tried to get a job. You have to go through interviews, take tests and still you do not know if you are in. Nowadays it still holds true that it is who you know that really makes a difference. There are so many people who go "undercover" to write about the atrocities that we see across the globe. I remember reading a book about a woman who worked for minimum wage just to see if it is possible to survive. Ultimately I believe she ended up working two or three positions to make ends meet. There is also that guy who ate nothing but McDonald's for a month. These people are interesting to me. It is not enough to see the general public struggling to survive or getting fat, they need to prove it. It is not something I myself would do and am glad others do it for us. OK back to the article. It ended rather strange for my interests, I kind of went huh? That's it. No juicy news to go to bed angry about. I know it sucked, but at least these women had jobs. Assembly work is very tedious and exhausting work, I did it once myself making boxes. Yep I know sounds lame huh, and it was, but as I just said at least I had a job. That is ultimately what I thought while reading this article, these women are working, and one didn't even need to but at least her children now had medical insurance, that is a good thing. What we moms go through to protect our children, is tough, but in the end worth it.