Opportunities to Improve Working Conditions on Both Sides of the Border

Maria Echaveste

Part of the Fall 2015 Bay Area Latin America Forum 

October 29, 2015

Event Description 

Multi-national corporations often remain competitive in the ever-changing globalized economy by shifting production from country to country, or expanding their core businesses to other countries.  What are the opportunities and challenges for workforces located in the USA and Mexico, who share similar complaints about their wages and working conditions? 

Speaker

Maria Echaveste, a Senior Scholar at UC Berkeley Center’s for Latin American Studies, has built a distinguished career as a public policy consultant, lecturer, senior White House official, long-time community leader, and corporate attorney.