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	maquilasolidarity.org
		The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a labour and women's rights advocacy organization promoting solidarity with grassroots groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia working to improve conditions in maquiladora factories and export processing zones.
		Maquila Solidarity Network calls for investigation into attacks on Philippine strikers
		In addition to e-mail campaign updates, Maquila Solidarity Wire will provide you with periodic reports on anti-sweatshop campaigns.
	en.maquilasolidarity.org (646 words)

	Juarez and Chihuahua \| Mexico Solidarity Network
		The Mexico Solidarity Network has followed this case from the beginning and maintains close relationships with David’s extended family.
		Many MSN delegations visited David in prison and thousands of emails and faxes were sent from the US to the Supreme Court, putting justices on notice that the world was watching this case.
		Donate through MSN and 100% of the money is passed on to local projects working to support victim's families, to educate people about the crisis, and to defend the falsely accused.
	www.mexicosolidarity.org /site/juarez-chihuahua (1479 words)

	Maquiladora - Wikipedia
		A maquiladora (or maquila) is a factory, the majority of which are located in Mexican border towns, that imports materials and equipment on a duty- and tariff-free basis for assembly or manufacturing.
		The establishment of Maquila Decree was largely due to the end of the U.S. Bracero Program, which allowed Mexican immigrants to find temporary agricultural work in the United States.
		This organization is a Canadian network that promotes solidarity with groups around the world that organize in maquiladora factories and export processing zones.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maquila (988 words)

	Maquila Solidarity Network - Wikipedia
		A Canadian network promoting solidarity with groups in Mexico, Central America, Africa, and Asia organizing in maquiladora factories and export processing zones to improve conditions and win a living wage.
		The Network is the secretariat of the Ethical Trading Action Group (ETAG) in Canada.
		One policy of the Network is to launch campaigns to help achieve their stated goals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maquila_Solidarity_Network (162 words)

	ILAB - NAO Submission 2003-01 Public Hearing Transcript
		MSN is also the secretariat for a coalition of labor, faith, non-governmental organizations, overseas development organizations called the ethical trading action group which is Canada’s anti-sweat shop coalition.
		In 2001 MSN also joined with the Worker’s Support Center, CAT, USAS and a number of other labor rights groups in the U.S. and Europe in an international campaign in support of workers at the Kukdong factory which was later renamed MexMode in Adlesco (ph) Pubela.
		Given the Maquila Solidarity Network’s 10-year history promoting respect for Maquila workers’ rights, we are extremely concerned about recent violations of workers’ rights in Puebla’s garment industry and the failure of the Mexican Government to insure that its labor laws are in force.
	www.dol.gov /ilab/media/reports/nao/submissions/2003-01Transcript.htm (17526 words)

	No Sweat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MSN is demanding that Gildan reverse its decision to close the factory and fully implement all recommendations for corrective action being requested by the FLA and WRC as a result of their investigations.
		MSN does not believe this is acceptable behaviour, since it assumes that the search for lower costs and increased profits takes precedence over labour standards compliance and the rights of workers.
		The MSN complaint, which was filed with both the FLA and WRC in December 2003, focused specifically on the unjust firings of approximately 100 union supporters in 2002 and 2003.
	www.nosweat.org.uk /print.php?sid=1007 (2269 words)

	WHRnet Perspective - Lynda Yanz
		Lynda Yanz is a founding member and coordinator of the Maquila Solidarity Network.
		She is the author and editor of numerous articles and publications on the global garment industry and on the strengths and weaknesses of codes of conduct as tools for improving working conditions.
		MSN is also interested in exploring with companies, civil society organizations and governments whether compliance with international labour standards can become a competitive advantage for some countries and regions that would otherwise lose market share as a result of the quota phase out."
	www.whrnet.org /docs/perspective-yanz-0402.html (313 words)

	AWID - What impact has the North American Free Tra...
		Maquilas are plants that assemble US-made components that are then exported back to the US; tariff is only paid on the value added.
		Full package production networks as a significant step in industry upgrading that includes a number of steps in the manufacturing process, from the acquisition or production of textiles and other inputs to assembly, packaging, and sometimes distribution.
		For instance, the development of full package networks is “primarily benefiting a wealthy domestic elite whose control over the local industry is being further strengthened by its exclusive access to the US customers placing orders in the region” (7).
	www.awid.org /go.php?stid=803 (994 words)

	Mexican Labor Rights Activist Attacked and Brutally Beaten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Mexico Solidarity Network (MSN) has been supporting the work of the Commission in Tehuacan as well as that of the Worker Support Centre (CAT) in Ajalpan where Tarrant workers were fired for attempting to organize an independent union.
		The Commission believes that the attack and threats that had been made against Barrios previous to the attack are part of a campaign by maquila owners to silence Barrios and other Commission members and discourage them from continuing to expose worker rights violations and defend workers' rights.
		It is therefore highly suspicious that this attack occurred recently after the Commission was involved in efforts to ensure that hundreds of maquila workers who were unjustly fired received their full severance pay as required by the Federal Labor Law.
	www.campaignforlaborrights.org /alerts/2004/jan14-attack.htm (966 words)

	portland imc - 2001.09.27 - Labor: Maquila Organizing Victory
		This is a report from the Maquila Solidarity Network, forwarded by the Workers' Solidarity Network.
		MSN would like to give special thanks to the 19 Canadian religious, labour, women's, and non-governmental organizations that signed a joint letter to the Mexican government in support of the workers' right to be represented by the union of their choice.
		On August 17, that letter was presented to the Mexican Ambassador by representatives of the CLC and the Social Affairs Office of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2001/09/3725.shtml (628 words)

	Solidarity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Read their calls for solidarity with the struggles of workers in Haiti, num : 178, 194, 228, 242, 250.
		Its actions often link with those of the Maquila Solidarity Network and the Nicaragua Solidarity Network, which produce "Weekly News Updates on the Americas", available on line, here.
		is a Canadian network promoting solidarity with groups in Mexico, Central America, Africa and Asia organizing in maquiladora factories and export processing zones to improve conditions and win a living wage.
	www.batayouvriye.org /English/solidarity.html (596 words)

	Attacked Maquila Workers Reach Settlement in Guatemala
		We are pleased to report that your letters and other solidarity actions in Guatemala, the US and Canada have helped achieve an agreement allowing workers who were pressured to resign to return to work, committing the company to respect the workers' right to organize a union, and, hopefully, ending the campaign of violence and intimidation.
		While we are relieved that workers have been allowed to return to their jobs, and that there have been no new acts of violence to date, we continue to be extremely concerned about the workers' safety and about whether their employer will respect the agreement.
		MSN Coordinator Lynda Yanz will be in Guatemala tomorrow delivering a message of solidarity from Canadians to the workers, and meeting with their union.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/47/380.html (1139 words)

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		A nationwide mobilization effort, The Ethical Trading Action Group (ETAG), in which the Maquila Solidarity Network is a part, publicizes the plight of Canada’s garment workers.
		Lynda Yanz, of the Maquila Solidarity Network, discussed possible ways to pressure the industry to be more responsive to workers' needs.
		Yanz noted that the solidarity and anti-sweatshop movement has had precedent setting victories: for example, the reinstatement of workers at the Gap supplier Mandarin (now Charter) factory in El Salvador in 1996.
	www.wiego.org /papers/GarmentWorkersReport-english.doc (2706 words)

	Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network
		The "Maquiladora Health and Safety Support Network" is a volunteer network of 400 occupational health and safety professionals who have placed their names on a resource list to provide information, technical assistance and on-site instruction regarding workplace hazards in the 3,000 "maquiladora" (foreign-owned assembly) plants along the U.S.-Mexico border.
		Network members, including industrial hygienists, toxicologists, epidemiologists, occupational physicians and nurses, and health educators among others, are donating their time and expertise to create safer and healthier working conditions for the one million maquiladora workers employed by primarily U.S.-owned transnational corporations along Mexico's northern border from Matamoros to Tijuana.
		The issues of workplace and safety in the maquilas is closely linked to the issues of labor practices in the "export processing zones" and "sweatshops" in both developing and developed economies.
	mhssn.igc.org (1511 words)

	Does Mexican Democracy Include Maquila Workers? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On August 14, over 250 maquila workers, democratic labour leaders and human rights activists from Mexico and the US gathered in Reynosa, Tamaulipas to shine a spotlight on increasing attacks against the right of Mexican workers to form and choose their own unions and democratically elect their union leaders.
		Below is a brief history of the recent attacks on Mexican maquila workers' right to freedom of association that were exposed at the forum.
		While an international solidarity campaign secured the release of the arrested strike leaders, Duro management refused to allow over 100 workers to return to their jobs, and the state government refused to grant the workers a registration for an independent union.
	www.labournet.de /internationales/mexiko/duro4.html (1313 words)

	Labor Notes Magazine \| Labor Notes
		-- Julie Robert and Helen Ho Solidarity Network
		Nine Hundred Activists Discuss 'Building Solidarity From Below'
		Soldiers of Solidarity Stands Up for Delphi Workers
	labornotes.org /archives (2264 words)

	Wal-Mart Wins Sweatshop of the Year Award
		Today the Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) announced the winner of the Sweatshop Retailer "People's Choice Award," for the company most connected with sweatshop abuses in 2002.
		In December 2002, MSN declared the Hudson's Bay Company and Wal-Mart as its choice for joint winners of the "Sweatshop Retailer of the Year" title for 2002.
		This is the third year that MSN has presented the Sweatshop Retailer Awards, and the second year that the public has been invited to vote for the "People's Choice Award."
	www.organicconsumers.org /clothes/020903_sweatshop.cfm (364 words)

	FFWD Weekly - March 4, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The websites for Oxfam Canada and Maquila Solidarity Network are both great resources for consumers.
		For the loud activists among us, Maquila Solidarity Network‘s teachings include how to hold sweatshop fashion shows, how to lobby politicians and, of course, sweatshop carolling for the holidays.
		As Maquila Solidarity Network always has several campaigns in which you can get involved right away, a visit to their website offers instant gratification for all of your activist tendencies.
	www.ffwdweekly.com /Issues/2004/0304/act5.htm (916 words)

	PWS&D Coalitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		PWSandD currently works with the Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) to support women working in maquiladora factories and export processing zones in Mexico, Central America and Asia.
		The Canadian network MSN builds solidarity through corporate campaigns, government lobbying, popular education and international links.
		By supporting MSN, PWSandD stands in solidarity with workers who are fighting for healthy communities, dignity and justice.
	www.presbycan.ca /pwsd/coalitions/msn.html (84 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When MSN brought the allegations to Gildan’s attention in early December, the company denied receiving official notice that the workers had formed a union or knowing about the organizing drive.
		In our December 2002 Maquila Network Update annual “Stop Sweatshops Review,” MSN had recognized Gildan for taking two steps forward in committing to SA8000 external audits of its factories and to publicly disclose the audit reports.
		MSN received reports of the November firings shortly after the Update went to the printer.
	ur.rutgers.edu /news/ACLA/gilden.htm (653 words)

	Kairos Times: 01 February 2004 • Volume 3, #1
		The SendCoalToWalmart.com website was sponsored by the Canadian-based Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN), a group with which KAIROS and the churches have worked for many years.
		The networks are hard at work and through planned events and workshops we are connecting with many of our partners.
		She is a board member of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation, writes Sunday School curriculum for Seasons of the Spirit, was a delegate at the UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban, and is a member of the World Council of Churches’ Youth Advisory Group.
	www.kairoscanada.org /e/times/kt040201.asp (3179 words)

	Campaigns and Action Alerts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MSN promotes solidarity with groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia organising in maquiladora (garments) factories and export processing zones to improve workers' conditions and help them receive proper wages.
		Therefore, MSN is urging everyone to call on Roots Canada to raise the bar and provide more information to the public.
		The demand is for Roots to bring its code in line with ILO core labour rights conventions, and also add provisions requiring payment of a living wage, a regular work week of no more than 48 hours, no forced overtime, and no workplace abuse or harassment.
	www.isiswomen.org /campaigns/alert/alert-2-Apr-2004.html (475 words)

	Front Page
		Several workers were fired, international solidarity activities were organized, and US retailers sourcing from the factory, such as Macy and JC Penny, threatened to pull out of Honduras, putting the employment of the 500 maquila workers at risk.
		The emphasis of the code is on issues specific to women maquila workers, including discrimination, social security benefits, physical, psychological and sexual abuses, excessive overtime, the rights of pregnant workers, etc. The code has been criticized by unions for not including freedom of association and the right to organize and bargain collectively.
		However, in the one instance to date in which a maquila owners' association and ministry of labour have endorsed the code, the network has insisted that freedom of association be included.
	www.laborrights.org /projects/globalecon/jeffcott.html (8232 words)

	Independent Union Leaders at Kuk Dong Attempt to Return to the Factory Your Solidarity is Urgently Needed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The MSN has received reports that some of the five workers who were originally fired in early January for their leadership in the struggle for an independent union at the Kuk Dong factory in Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico will attempt to return to work early next week, perhaps as early as 7:00 a.m.
		This is a defining moment in the campaign for an independent union, as their return would encourage perhaps hundreds of workers who are afraid to go back to work because of company intimidation tactics.
		Faced with protests by independent unions in Mexico, including the National Workers' Unity, the Telephone Workers, and the Independent Volkswagen Workers' Union, and increasing pressure on Nike from student, labour and solidarity groups in the US, Canada and Europe, Kuk Dong management agreed to allow strikers to return to their jobs with no reprisals.
	www.labournet.de /internationales/mexiko/nike3.html (1536 words)

	AGR Online/ Labor
		According to Bob Jeffcott of the Toronto-based Maquila Soldarity Network (MSN), which co-sponsored the awards with Oxfam Canada, close to 3,000 concerned citizens in Canada and other countries voted online, selecting Disney from among four retailers most associated with sweatshop abuses over the past year.
		On a more positive note, the MSN and Oxfam announced that Liz Claiborne had received the “Transparency Award” for the company that is learning that honesty is the best policy.
		Workers were reportedly locked in the plant for all but 60 minutes a day, forced to work up to 90 hours a week, punched and hit for talking back to managers, and charged large portions of their salaries for food and lodging.
	www.agrnews.org /issues/127/labor.html (1203 words)

	Guatemalan Maquila Workers Need Our Support. Please Act Today!
		Workers at two maquila factories in Guatemala producing apparel for Liz Claiborne have met with violent resistance to their efforts to organize a union.
		The Guatemalan government has granted legal recognition to the union at one of the factories, and workers who were pressured to sign resignation letters will apparently be reinstated.
		In our follow-up letter to Liz Claiborne, MSN pledged that we would be watching to see if the company's commitment to greater transparency results in greater respect for workers' rights.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/47/378.html (1514 words)

	PWRDF News: Mexican Labour Rights Activist Attacked and Brutally Beaten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Barrios suffered serious injuries to his face and skull as a result of the attack, and has laid a formal complaint with the local authorities.
		The Maquila Solidarity Network (also a PWRDF partner) has been supporting the work of the Commission in Tehuacan as well as that of the Worker Support Centre (CAT) in Ajalpan where Tarrant workers were fired for attempting to organize an independent union.
		The Commission believes that the attack and threats that had been made against Barrios previous to the attack are part of a campaign by maquila owners to silence him and other Commission members and discourage them from continuing to expose worker rights violations and defend workers' rights.
	www.pwrdf.org /news/news-db.php?news=154 (445 words)

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