| Teresa, 28 years old and a maquila worker, with a 9 year-old son, did not know she was pregnant. |
| Gonzalez told the students she hoped USAS could pressure the US companies to reinstate fired workers throughout the Nicaraguan maquila. |
| Growth in the maquila sector slowed in the first decade of the 21st century with rising competition from Asian markets, particularly China. |
| The Clean Clothes Campaign, Workers Rights Consortium, International Labor Rights Forum and Maquila Solidarity Network are NGO witnesses to the accord. |
| At the same time, consumers have much to learn from the struggle for unions in the maquila in terms of their own efforts to improve their working conditions. |
| A new maquila will occupy what had been small plots of farmland. |
