Mexico: Maquiladoras, 1986-1992

Confidential proposal for AFL-CIO Border Organizing Project and Maquiladora Project, October 6, 1989, with cover memo to Mazur from Tom Donahue, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO; confidential draft, Maquiladora Industry Standards of Conduct; confidential potential targets for Maquiladora campaign; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re AFL-CIO Maquiladora Project, January 23, 1990; letters from corporations (AT&T, Air Products & Chemicals, Allied Signal, Baxter, Becton Dickinson, Fisher-Price, General Electric, General Motors, ITT, Johnson & Johnson, Parker Hannifin, Pepsico, Rockwell International, United Technologies, Zenith) to the Benedictine Health Resource Center describing their operations in the Maquiladora area, 1990; statement by Gregory Woodhead, Trade Task Force, AFL-CIO, before the House Committee on Small Business on “Effects of Devaluation of the Mexican Peso,” May 20, 1993, with cover memo re wages in the Maquiladoras; special report of IRRC News for Investors, “Criticisms of Mexican Maquiladora Operations Will Be Reflected in Shareholder Resolutions,” October 1990; list of labor leaders and affiliations attending Maquiladora Campaign meeting of December 14, 1990; agenda; printed booklet, “Doing the Job: A Common Commitment of the Union Masonry Industry,” International Masonry Institute, c. 1990; statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Mexico and the Maquiladora Twin-Plant Program, February 16, 1988, with cover letter to Mazur confirming his appointment to the AFL-CIO’s Ad Hoc Twin Plant Committee, March 10, 1988; agenda of meeting, October 19, 1988, with remarks by Mazur re purpose of the Twin Plant Committee; letter from the president and board of the Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers to the vice president of General Motors Corporation, urging improvement in wages and benefits for Packard Electric plant in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, September 23, 1988; memo to Mazur from ILGWU exec asst James Parrott re creation on independent leftist union in the aftermath of September 1985 earthquake, video created by them, September 28, 1987; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Thomas Donahue following up on issues raised at meeting, including document outlining standards of conduct, meeting with target corporations, September 12, 1990; memo re convening US-Mexico Committee for Maquiladora project, July 18, 1990; Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras Kick-Off Press Conference flyer, with memo from Mazur to vp Susan Cowell requesting that she speak for him, January 30, 1991; memo to Mazur from exec asst Parrott re highlights of the second meeting of the organizing committee, September 12, 1990; memo to Mazur from Parrott re replacement for himself as Mazur’s representative on the board of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, September 8, 1992; letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Tom Donahue re meeting with Mexican Confederation of Workers, September 20, 1988; Confidential Proposal for AFL-CIO Maquiladora Industry Project for border organizing, October 6, 1989, with cover letter to Mazur from Donahue, January 16, 1990; summery of AFL-CIO/CTM Bilateral Meetings of November 10 and 11, 1988, in San Diego and Tijuana; report by Mazur as U.S. chair of the AFL-CIO/ CTM Maquiladora Twin Plant Committee, November 11-12, 1988; brochure/agenda by U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration for Expo-Maquila ’86, designed to help firms relocate production to Mexico, 1986; agenda for National Planning Association’s 23rd meeting, “The Evolving Crisis in Mexico and Its Implications for the United States,” November 7-8, 1986; newspaper clippings