Unions are prevalent in Cd. Chihuahua, approximately 60% of the maquila workforce is unionized; however, they are an efficient intermediary between labor and management. As a traditional ranching state, its industrial nature is fairly new; therefore unions do not have a long history there as they do in other interior cities.

The Governor for the State of Chihuahua is from Cd. Juarez, and is a member of the PAN Party a break from the national control by the PRI Party. Governor Francisco Barrio fully understands the needs and importance of the maquiladora industry to Juarez and the State of Chihuahua.

Federal and State special assistance is noteworthy in Cd. Chihuahua for new maquiladora operations, although concessions have been curtailed considerably in light of the financing crisis and peso devaluation.