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![US/Mexican Free Trade](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/21/1992Call Number: CV 209Format: Cass A & BProgram: En Contacto DirectoCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Forum with professors Raul Hinojosa of UCLA and Andres Jimenez of UC Berkeley about a much debated free trade agreement between the United States and Mexico. Discussion includes migration of rural workers in Mexico, the ending of the communal farm system, job creation and job loss around the border, and the "integration" economies of Mexico and the US.
![Workers' Film & Video Forum](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 12/11/1992Call Number: V 340Format: VHSProducers: Workers' Film, Video ForumCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
"4 Dollars a Day? No Way!" on US corporations in Mexico following the signing of NAFTA, the conditions of workers at the Ford plant, where armed strikebreakers and rigged company elections were used to keep the workers repressed.
"The Last Pullman Car" follows the story of the Steelworkers Union members at Pullman-Standard who fought to keep their jobs despite the impending closure of the passenger car plant.
![Latinos and the Election](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Chuy Varela facilitates a forum on the issues affecting Latinos in the upcoming 1992 general elections. The panel features Jose Padilla, the Executive Director of the California Rural Legal Assistance, Deborah Escobedo of Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy, and Bernardo Garcia-Pandavenes, Chairman of the Oakland Voter Registration and Citizenship Project. Jose Padilla talks about the Republican regulations limit services to poor people, including restrictions on the pursuit of voting and civil rights cases. Deborah Escobedo talks about the reactionary political movements against bilingual education and undocumented children. Garcia-Pandeves focuses on the impact that Latino voters could have on the election.
![United Farm Workers - SF Protest](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/13/1992Call Number: CV 259AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interviews with UFW demonstrators who are protesting pesticide use on grapes. Grape growers are selling their produce overseas since sales are down in the US. Cesar Chavez discuss his efforts to raise awareness about pesticides and their health effects among Hong Kong consumers. He also talks about how NAFTA may influence union organizing.
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