Boom, Bust, Exodus
The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities
Lieferzeit: Besorgungstitel - Lieferbar innerhalb von 10 Werktagen I
ISBN-13:
9781522661726
Veröffentl:
2016
Erscheinungsdatum:
31.05.2016
Seiten:
0
Autor:
Chad Broughton
Format:
171x133x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 33,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would soon lose its largest factory, a Maytag refrigerator plant that had anchored Galesburg's social and economic life for decades. Workers at the plant earned $15.14 an hour, had good insurance, and were assured a solid retirement. In 2004, the plant was relocated to Reynosa, Mexico, where workers sometimes spent 13-hour days assembling refrigerators for $1.10 an hour.