In the movie “Made in L.A.” three undocumented women fight for their working rights. Each of them has their own experiences and story to tell. When reading the alienations that Marx explains in his theory the women in this movie have a connection. Marx explains, “The less the period of training, therefore, that any work requires the smaller the cost of production of the worker and the lower is the price of his labour, his wages,” the women in this movie had little to no work experience, poor English knowledge, and were undocumented. The competition among immigrants for jobs is high (Townhall Magazine) and will continue to increase so long as more immigrants keep moving into the United States. Competition is already a factor as soon as these women moved into the United States in search of a better life and home for their families. One of the women was a transnational mother, with the hopes of finding a job so that she can support her family in her homeland. However, her ability to speak English caused her to have a hard time in finding a job. Another of the three women was part of the alienation of workers. She knew that she was working long hours being paid under minimum wage and with no over time, but for a long time she did not say anything because she needed the only job she was able to get so that she can support her family. Even though she knew she deserved better she just kept what she can get for the moment. During the process of the campaign she was laid off from Forever21 and out of work. This did not affect the company because they had many more people lined up to take her place within the company without hesitation.
The courage that these women have displayed is not so that they can receive profit from this movie, but to speak upon the injustice that they have faced. These women do not want to see future generation Latin@s experience the incidences that they had. Marx explains that without labor capital will fail to exist (209.) The movie “Made in L.A.” demonstrates that if the workers (Proletariats) work together and stand united for what they believe in then they will be treated fairly, but because many of the workers in sweatshops are undocumented and are in desperate need of jobs when entering the United States they choose to continue with the working conditions that capitalist give them.