Lawmakers question General Motors about alleged labor violations in Mexico

by Justin | May 11, 2021 | General Motors, International Solidarity, Mexico

Flint Rep. Dan Kildee and two other Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra Tuesday raising concerns about “disturbing reports of gross labor rights violations” at one of the automaker’s plants in Mexico.  The union at...

First USMCA labor complaint filed against auto supplier in Mexico

by Justin | May 10, 2021 | AFL-CIO, International Solidarity, Mexico, USMCA

Labor groups submitted the first complaint of a labor violation under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Monday, against an auto parts supplier in Mexico, posing an early test of the new trade deal’s labor provisions.  The complaint was filed...

‘Slap in the face’ UAW says of GM’s move to build EVs in Mexico

by Justin | Apr 30, 2021 | Auto News, Electric Vehicles, General Motors, Mexico

General Motors has picked a fifth plant to build its 2023 electric vehicles and it is in Mexico, which the UAW calls “a slap in the face.”  GM has already declared it will make EVs at four locations in the United States and Canada.But on Thursday, GM said...

Union Vote Fixing Alleged at Mexico GM Plant

by Justin | Apr 26, 2021 | General Motors, International Solidarity, Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico faced its biggest challenge yet Friday to labor-freedom reforms under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement after an old-guard union was caught apparently destroying negative ballots at a General Motors plant in northern Mexico. Labor...

AFL-CIO Outraged By Harassment of Mexican Trade Unionist

by Justin | Dec 24, 2020 | AFL-CIO, International Solidarity, Mexico

The AFL-CIO is outraged by the ongoing harassment and false criminal charges that have been filed against Mexican independent trade union lawyer and attorney Susana Prieto Terrazas by the state governments of Tamaulipas and Chihuahua. Prieto was jailed in Tamaulipas...

Zoom Webinar: Labor Rights and Struggle in Mexico

by Justin | Oct 16, 2020 | International Solidarity, Mexico, Support the Struggle

Join the DSA International Committee for a panel including author and journalist David Bacon, Suzanna Miller of the IndustriALL International Union Federation, and Héctor de la Cueva of the CILAS Labor Center of Mexico City on the conditions of struggle for...