Women in the Global FactorySouth End Press, 1983 - 64 síður In free trade zones all over the world, women make up 80 to 90 percent of the workforce. Women in the Global Factory explores the lives of these women--from California's Silicon Valley to Mexico's maquiladoras (border factories) to |
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