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December 1998 
Volume 10, No. 1(B)

 

MEXICO

A Job or Your Rights:

Continued Sex Discrimination in Mexico’s Maquiladora Sector

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SUMMARY

RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Human Rights Watch urges the Government of Mexico:
  • Human Rights Watch urges Mexico’s state legislatures:
  • Human Rights Watch urges Mexico’s state commissions for human rights:
  • Human Rights Watch urges the United States Government:
  • Human Rights Watch urges the European Union:
  • Human Rights Watch urges private corporations that own maquiladoras:
  • Human Rights Watch urges General Motors and other corporations committed to ending pregnancy-based sex discrimination:
  • Human Rights Watch urges corporations that use maquiladoras as subcontractors:

  • BACKGROUND

    DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AND MISTREATMENT OF WOMEN WORKERS
    Discrimination in the Hiring Process
    A Questionable Change in General Motors’ Policy
    Post-Hire Pregnancy-Based Sex Discrimination

    STATE AND CORPORATE RESPONSES
    Response of the Government of Mexico
    International Human Rights Obligations
    U.S. NAO Process
    U.S. Government Response
    Response of Corporations

    APPENDIX A: BAJA CALIFORNIA PRESS RELEASE AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION

    APPENDIX B: GENERAL MOTORS’ LETTER ANNOUNCING NEW POLICY

    APPENDIX C: ZENITH CORPORATION LETTER
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    APPENDIX D: INITIAL GENERAL MOTORS LETTER DEFENDING PREGNANCY EXAMS
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    APPENDIX E: LIST OF CORPORATIONS AND THEIR RESPONSES

    APPENDIX F: CORPORATIONS AND THEIR REPORTED PRACTICES
    Discrimination Reported in the u.s. nao Hearing:
    Hiring-Process Discrimination:
    On-The-Job Pregnancy Testing:

    APPENDIX G: GENERAL MOTORS LETTER EXPLAINING TESTS
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    APPENDIX H: SAMPLE LETTER TO CORPORATION
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    APPENDIX I: SAMPLE LETTERS FROM CORPORATIONS
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    APPENDIX J: U.S. NAO MINISTERIAL CONSULTATION IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS