by Justin | Jan 22, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Autoworkers, Detroit Free Press, General Motors, International Solidarity, Mexico
The UAW and AFL-CIO are calling on General Motors and the Mexico government to ensure upcoming union elections at a plant producing the profitable Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra are fair and free of intimidation. The UAW is asking specifically that labor...
by Justin | Jan 14, 2022 | General Motors, International Solidarity, Mexico, Reuters
Mexico’s government said on Friday that a trade union vote at the General Motors Co (GM.N) plant in the central city of Silao will be held on Feb. 1-2 after workers voted last year to scrap their collective contract.GM workers will be asked to choose from four...
by Justin | Dec 28, 2021 | General Motors, Mexico, Periodico AM
In a study of various auto corporations, General Motors is the company that offers the lowest salaries in Mexico. Workers are sometimes paid less than $10 per day. Read the article here.
by Justin | Dec 5, 2021 | Autoworkers, General Motors, International Solidarity, Labor Notes, Mexico
Help be a part of a historic moment for workers in Mexico to build democratic, independent unions.
by Justin | Oct 13, 2021 | General Motors, International Solidarity, Mexico
Some observers have framed what’s happened in Silao as the story of a heroic U.S.A. waving a fantastic trade agreement in Mexico’s face to rescue helpless Mexican workers. This take on Silao—the U.S. riding in on a white horse to save the day!—neatly fits in with...
by Justin | Aug 19, 2021 | General Motors, International Solidarity, Mexico
Workers at a General Motors plant in Mexico have voted to end a collective bargaining contract negotiated by an old guard union accused of intimidation tactics in earlier votes. It was an early display of the effectiveness of labor mechanisms negotiated under the...