Mexico union was losing scrapped GM worker vote - report
By Daina Beth Solomon
Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - General Motors Co workers in Mexico were on track to defeat one of the country s biggest unions in a contract vote last month that has prompted U.S. action under the countries trade deal, a Mexican government report shows.
The Biden administration on Wednesday called for a probe into allegations that worker rights were denied at GM s Silao pickup truck plant during the vote to ratify workers collective contract with the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM).
The CTM, which is aligned with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) that ruled Mexico for decades, is one of several traditional unions accused by workers and activists of putting business interests over workers rights.
Mexican union was set to lose disputed GM workers vote, report shows
By Daina Beth Solomon
Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -General Motors Co workers in Mexico were on track to scrap the contract negotiated by one of the country s biggest unions in a vote last month that led to a U.S. complaint under a new North American free trade deal, a Mexican government report showed.
The Biden administration on Wednesday called for a probe into allegations that worker rights were denied at GM s Silao pickup truck plant during the vote to ratify workers collective contract with the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM).
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May 14, 2021 | 12:02 am
REUTERS
MEXICAN AUTHORITIES on Tuesday ordered the General Motors Co. (GM) union in the city of Silao to repeat a worker vote following pressure from US lawmakers for the automaker to address alleged abuses that could potentially violate a new trade deal.
Mexico’s labor ministry said it found “serious irregularities” in last month’s vote, which is required under a Mexican labor reform to ensure workers are not bound to contracts that are signed behind their backs and keep wages low.
Such votes are part of Mexico’s broader effort to uphold worker rights as part of a new free trade pact that replaces NAFTA.
By Daina Beth Solomon and David Shepardson
MEXICO CITY, May 11 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Tuesday ordered the General Motors Co union in the city of Silao to repeat a worker vote following pressure from U.S. lawmakers for the automaker to address alleged abuses that could potentially violate a new trade deal.
Mexico s labor ministry said it found serious irregularities in last month s vote, which is required under a Mexican labor reform to ensure workers are not bound to contracts that are signed behind their backs and keep wages low.
Such votes are part of Mexico s broader effort to uphold worker rights as part of a new free trade pact that replaces NAFTA.