https://padlet.com/gchampion2/CS201W8 Choose 1 case study on the map below for the SEMa01 small-group exercise. en-us 2021-11-23 17:22:47 UTC 2021-11-24 09:43:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4b8.png gchampion2 https://padlet.com/gchampion2/CS201W8/wish/1908967711 This case study is the Samsung Maquiladora in Tijuana, Mexico, when looking into this case study, consider the questions and the links below:

1. What is a Maquiladora? 
2. What are the "advantages" of moving the Samsung manufacturing plant that used to be in the USA to Mexico?
3. Is Mexico a FTZ? 
4. Is it an EPZ?
5. What labour abuses and exploitative practices can you find about this case study?
6. Consider the role of gender in this context.

https://www.hrw.org/legacy/summaries/s.mexico968.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12349430/
https://www.maquilasolidarity.org/en/ourwork/womensrights
https://web.archive.org/web/20081025074644/http://www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyId=116
https://www.sandiego.gov/economic-development/sandiego/trade/mexico/maquiladoras
https://insights.tetakawi.com/maquiladoras-in-mexico-what-are-the-benefits
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/strategy/maquiladora/
https://mexico-now.com/report-samsung-to-relocate-oven-production-from-mexico-to-us/]]> 2021-11-23 17:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gchampion2/CS201W8/wish/1908967711 gchampion2 https://padlet.com/gchampion2/CS201W8/wish/1908977653 This case study is the Boohoo factory in Leicester, when looking into this case study, consider the questions and the links below:

1. What happen in the Boohoo factory in Leicester?
2. Why Leicester?
3. Are there other fast fashion brand whose products are sourced partially in Leicester or somewhere else in the UK?
3. Is the UK a FTZ? 
4. Is it an EPZ?
5. What labour abuses and exploitative practices can you find about this case study?
6. Consider the role of gender in this context.

https://www.ft.com/content/e427327e-5892-11e8-b8b2-d6ceb45fa9d0
https://www.euronews.com/green/2020/07/09/inside-the-leicester-sweatshops-accused-of-modern-slavery
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-56319291
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/11/exploited-workers-at-uk-garment-factories-robbed-of-27m-since-july
https://labourbehindthelabel.org/uk-garment-industry/]]> 2021-11-23 17:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gchampion2/CS201W8/wish/1908977653 gchampion2 https://padlet.com/gchampion2/CS201W8/wish/1909039575 This case study is the Chandpore Tea Estate in Bangladesh, when looking into this case study, consider the questions and the links below:

1. What do "tea workers" do?
2. Why are there tea plantations in Bangladesh?
3. Is the Bangladesh a FTZ? 
4. Is it an EPZ?
5. What labour abuses and exploitative practices can you find about this case study?
6. Consider the role of gender in this context.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1087622
https://www.ucanews.com/news/no-end-to-slavery-for-bangladeshs-tea-workers/89989#
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-dhaka/documents/publication/wcms_563692.pdf
https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/20.500.12413/13596/14669?sequence=1
https://www.ucanews.com/news/bangladesh-tea-workers-strike-against-land-acquisition/74817
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09500170211021567
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e56a40d86650c539fff3f20/DFID_Study_on_Modern_Slavery_in_Bangladesh_.pdf


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