The increasingly serious injuries of Mexican factory workers

September 29, 2015

In Reynosa, a Mexican border city, there are hundreds of assembly plants that feed global demand; but at what price?

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The increasingly serious injuries of Mexican factory workers

As a single mom raising six children in her home, Rosa Moreno’s factory wage of $1.50 per hour was the only thing keeping her family afloat. But in 2011, a machine malfunction at the assembly plant resulted in her losing both her hands – and her livelihood. In the Mexican border city of Reynosa, stories like Moreno’s are all too common. In this America Tonight excerpt, Christof Putzel speaks to workers who have been seriously injured while manufacturing parts for multi-billion-dollar international companies


 

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