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 | 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 | Dec 1, 2020 | Administration Caucus, AFL-CIO, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Opinion, Organizing
At the end of the day, a union is just a voluntary organization of workers. Workers made the union and only workers can “unmake” the union. In every other facet of our lives: church, school, work… there is always a pastor, a teacher, a boss… someone to run the show....
by Justin | Oct 19, 2020 | AFL-CIO, Endorsements, President Donald Trump
Yesteday (Sunday, October 18,2020) at the UAWD monthly members and supporters meeting, the membership voted to endorse the Rochester Labor Council resolution Defending American Democracy and Opposing Authoritarian Rule. The resolution can be viewed here. Defending...
