U.S. slowdown likely to drive Mexican workers north – As the U.S. economy slows down and Mexican factories are shuttered, more workers may cross the border to look for jobs.
Tagged: border, parentsPosted on: April 29th, 2008
As the U.S. economy heads south, Mexicans may have to head north.
That’s the fear of many workers here, where the slowdown in the United States already has cut production at manufacturing plants whose output is largely sold in the United States.
”If it’s bad there, it will be worse here,” said Bartolo Juarez, 35, who makes jeans for Levis and Guess at a Teziutlan factory and already has discussed moving to the United States if his job here vanishes. His 12-year-old daughter, Gabriela, has broken down in tears more than once after hearing her parents talk about her father leaving for the States, her mother said.”*
Curation from Tomás
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