Border maquilas are short 65,000 workers
MCALLEN, RGV – Maquiladoras along the U.S.-Mexico border are short 65,000 workers, according to a report by INDEX, the maquila trade association.
In Reynosa, the vacancy rate is 13,000, while in Matamoros it is 6,000.
INDEX has voiced its concerns about labor shortages to Luisa Maria Alcalde, the attorney and former legislator who is slated to become minister of labor and social welfare in the new Andrés Manuel López Obrador administration.
Details on the shortage of workers were explained by Enrique Castro, president of INDEX Reynosa, at a recent McAllen Economic Development Corporation board meeting. The issue was also addressed at a recent INDEX Reynosa meeting held at the Cimarron Club in Mission.
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