Salud laboral en la maquila: Una guía para trabajadores

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A petición de los trabajadores y activistas que se organizan para el mejoramiento de las condiciones en fábricas alrededor del mundo, Hesperian está produciendo Salud laboral en la maquila: Una guía para trabajadores. Fácil de leer y con muchas ilustraciones, esta guía ayudará a los trabajadores, los sindicatos y a otros grupos de apoyo laboral a mejorar las condiciones laborales en sus lugares de trabajo y a luchar para que a los trabajadores se les respeten sus derechos.

Además de abordar temas de salud ocupacional que son comunes en las industrias de manufactura de bajo salario, este manual también se enfocará en los “peligros sociales” como lo son el trabajo forzado, el acoso sexual y otras formas de abusos relacionados al género, salarios de pobreza y otras violaciones a los derechos humanos de los trabajadores.

Salud laboral en la maquila: Una guía para trabajadores ofrecerá las siguientes herramientas:

Información comprensiva sobre la salud y los riesgos en las industrias de las zonas francas de exportación.

Análisis de los problemas estructurales subyacentes que afectan el lugar de trabajo y la salud de los trabadores, como la explotación y la discriminación de género.

Sugerencias de los pasos que los trabajadores pueden tomar para protegerse a si mismos.

Ejemplos de estrategias exitosas que han utilizado otros trabajadores para organizarse.

La sección “Peligros en el trabajo y soluciones” de nuestro próximo libro “Salud laboral en la maquila: Una guía para trabajadores,” puede ser descargado gratuitamente. Nos gustaría saber más sobre cómo usted utiliza este material (o porqué no lo ha utilizado), para que podamos mejorarlo y así satisfacer mejor las necesidades de los trabajadores y los organizadores en las Zonas Francas de Exportación. Por favor mándenos un correo electrónico a workersbook@hesperian.org con sus comentarios y sugerencias.

Binational Health and Maquiladoras

Binational Health and Maquiladoras
An Issue Every Week
By Sylvia Barron

La Prensa San Diego Thu, Dec 3, 2009

Health care providers and advocates on both sides of the border recently celebrated “Binational Health Week,” one of the largest mobilization efforts to improve the health and well being of the underserved Latino population living in the United States.

Planned Parenthood of San Diego & Riverside Counties (PPSDRC) was proud to join community partners like the San Ysidro Health Center, Vista Community Clinic, the Mexican Consulate in the ninth Binational Health Week, which served 700,000 Latinos by offering health screenings, insurance referrals and practical workshops.

Together we must continue to build on the solid foundation set by Binational Health Week, and make a commitment to go even further, understanding that San Diego and Tijuana are not two separate cities; rather we are one border region.

When former PPSDRC board member, Philip M. Klau-ber first introduced the idea of a Binational family planning and primary health care program, he noted that we share the same water and breath the same air as our neighbors to the south. The San Diego-Tijuana border is crossed more often than any other in the world. Every day 40,000 automobiles cross the San Ysidro border.

The border is not a divider between two cultures, but a part of our interdependent community.

Twenty years ago, our local Planned Parenthood forged a partnership with Tijuana’s Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud so our agencies could share information and resources to serve the border region. Using the best practices of each organization, we aimed to reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancy and STIs, and improved overall health.

Planned Parenthood modeled its Promotores Pro Salud program after the highly successful health delivery system widely used in Mexico. “Promotores,” peer educators, go door-to-door in their communities, offering information about health care. We are pleased to see that the program is as effective in the United States as it is in Mexico.

In fact, Assembly member, Manuel Perez presented our Promotores Program with a “Certificate of Recognition” for its outstanding work that reaches 15,000 residents of Riverside’s Coachella Valley.

When Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud began opening clinics in Tijuana, Planned Parenthood shared knowledge and resources that come from being America’s oldest and most trusted name in reproductive health care. Today, there are eight clinics in Tijuana neighborhoods, serving 18,000 residents. The Mexican organization also operates maquiladora-based clinics where workers can receive cervical cancer screenings, birth control, and supplies at the factories where they are employed.

PPSDRC and Fronteras Pro Salud have enjoyed a successful partnership for twenty years and look forward to continuing the collaboration for many years to come.

Binational Health Week is a wonderful opportunity to reach Latinos with important health services and information. PPSDRC was honored to be part of this week that made a difference in so many lives of Latinos in the United States. It must also serve as an opportunity for health care providers and advocates to reach beyond the border and strengthen the relationships they have with our counterparts to the south. Because when we do, our entire community benefits.

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