Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Mexican Labor Unions. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page research paper that investigates the topic of Mexican Labor Unions. The writer argues that while the old, authoritarian unions that held a firm grip on labor until 2000 and the election of Vincente Fox are still a powerful force in Mexico, things are changing. An examination of Mexican labor unions demonstrates how the old is giving way to the new and with it a new purposefulness is invigorating the Mexican labor movement. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_khmexlab.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
strike was over legitimate complaints that, in the US and elsewhere, would have had labor unions up in arms against management -- cockroaches in cafeteria food and physical abuse from
supervisors -- however, the union for these workers, the Revolutionary Federation of Workers and Farmers (CROC) refused to pay attention to workers complaints. Furthermore, CROC was implicated in the illegal
firings, which galvanized the workers into action to demand "legitimate, independent union representation" (Kastelein, 2001, p. 25). It can be argued that this situation is analogous for Mexican labor unions
as a whole. It exemplifies the manner in which the old, authoritarian union that held a firm grip on labor until 2000 and the election of Vincente Fox, still is
a powerful force in Mexico. However, just as the successful resolution of this strike and the fact that the workers complaints were heard indicates the other side of this coin,
which is that things are changing. An examination of Mexican labor unions demonstrates how the old is giving way to the new and with it a new purposefulness is invigorating
the Mexican labor movement. Mexican labor unions are primarily representative of workers living in urban areas. The majority of unions are
affiliated with the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), through the Confederation of Workers of Mexico (CTM), which is associated with some independent unions and federations in an umbrella organization known
as the Congress of Labor (Congreso del Trabejo -- CT) (Library of Congress, 1996). The CT is considered to be the labor sector of the PRI and consists of more
than thirty organizations, which represent roughly 85 percent of unionized labor (Library of Congress, 1996). While the CT mediates between labor and the government, it also gives the government a
...