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Maquiladora Worker Barrios in Matamoros

32 Matamoros

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32 Matamoros Industrial Park
Martha Ojeda, director of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras. Ojeda, a former maquiladora worker, offers help to other workers trying to organize independent unions on the US/Mexico border, in order to raise wages of $4.50/day, and fight exposure to toxic chemicals. Ojeda (r) and two other maquiladora worker/activists.

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