The Need for Safe and Reliable Child Care in Free Trade Zones

Photo courtesy of Global Press Journal It has been over 40 years since Free Trade Zones (FTZs) were established in conjunction with the open economic policy. Although they initially offered numerous concessions to both foreign and local investors, the past few years have not brought significant benefits to the workers. Workers in FTZs face a range of problems including wages that fail to keep pace with the rising cost of living, excessive working conditions with constant production targets, uncertainty about job security and the erosion of their right to organize in trade unions. Despite the many concessions granted to industrialists…

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