by Justin | Aug 4, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History, Mexico
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: August 4, 1942. The United States and Mexico made an agreement to deliver contract Mexican labor to American farmers in order to serve as cheap replacement labor during World War...
by Justin | Aug 2, 2020 | International Solidarity, Mexico
The recently released labor lawyer accuses the governors of Tamaulipas and Chihuahua of putting her in prison in collusion with the northern maquiladoras. Read the article here.
by Justin | Jul 11, 2020 | International Solidarity, Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican labor lawyer Susana Prieto on Wednesday said she has appealed a judge’s order that she not enter the northern state of Tamaulipas, arguing it violates a new trade deal by stopping her from fighting for workers’ rights. Read the...
by Justin | Jul 5, 2020 | COVID-19, International Solidarity, Mexico
Throughout the month of May, as the coronavirus pandemic was peaking in Mexico, Susana Prieto, a top Mexican labor attorney who has been defending workers’ rights for over three decades, was making her voice heard. During a series of public demonstrations in the...
by Justin | Jul 1, 2020 | International Solidarity, Mexico
Mexican labor attorney and independent union leader Susana Prieto was released from jail on Wednesday after her arrest nearly a month ago on charges of inciting violence at a workers protest, state prosecutors said. A judge’s order for her release came hours...
by Justin | Jun 22, 2020 | International Solidarity, Mexico
A coalition of organizations from Pasadena demonstrated outside the facilities of the Mexican Consulate in El Paso in support of the Labor lawyer, Susana Prieto Terrazas, who remains in detention by Mexican authorities.About 37 civil society organizations within...
