Mexico Hopes to Tap into New Labor Export Markets
Tagged: Mexico, SpainPosted on: October 22nd, 2007“Confronted with diminishing prospects in the United States, Mexican workers could soon find additional employment opportunities in other places abroad. At a Madrid summit this week, the Spanish and Mexican governments signed a 12-month pilot program that will ease job placements for temporary Mexican workers in Spain. Scheduled to begin on January 1, 2008, the program will be open to workers in a variety of fields.
In a veiled poke at US immigration policies, Mexican Labor Minister Javier Lozano Alarcon praised the new bilateral agreement between Mexico and Spain. “Instead of walls, agreements are constructed when there is will, sensibility, intelligence and understanding,” Lozano said.
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