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Lucas, David M.; Jarrett, Charles W. – 2001
The North American Free Trade Agreement has generated serious debate regarding the stimulating effects of foreign investment on Mexico's economy. Saltillo, a metropolitan center in the mountains of Coahuila, has been positively affected by recent economic trends. But the village of General Cepeda, located just 50 miles from Saltillo, is relatively…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Community Attitudes, Field Experience Programs
Cunningham, Shea – 1994
During the 1980s, the rise of independent farm labor contractors and Republican labor policies led to a deterioration in the economic well-being of farmworkers and their families. Delays in the implementation of new safeguards under the Worker Protection Standards Act have resulted in continuing exposure to pesticides, causing such exposure to…
Descriptors: Activism, Agricultural Laborers, Collective Bargaining, Immigration