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...
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...
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...
by Justin | Nov 24, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, International Solidarity, Unifor
It’s useful to begin by noting how constrained collective bargaining has become in the private sector (and to a significant degree in the public sector as well). The threat of losing union jobs – with alternative jobs, even if found, bringing lower wages, inferior...
by Justin | Nov 9, 2020 | General Motors, International Solidarity, Unifor
UAWD is pleased to announce that we will be showing a screening of the documentary “Company Town” online on Sunday November 15, 2020 at 2:00 PM CST. “In 2018, workers at the General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ontario were rocked by a bombshell...
by Justin | Oct 22, 2020 | International Solidarity
GM workers in Colombia stand in solidarity with UAWD. Thank you, Brothers and Sisters! ✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿
