Product of Mexico: Company Stores
Company stores trap Mexican farmworkers in a cycle of debt
Marosi, Richard
http://graphics.latimes.com/product-of-mexico-stores/
Date Written: 2014-12-12
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Year Published: 2014
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX17254
The company store is supposed to be a lifeline for migrant farm laborers. But inflated prices drive people deep into debt. Many go home penniless, obliged to work off their debts at the next harvest.
