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May 14, 2021 | 12:02 am
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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.
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MEXICO CITY 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.
Mexican authorities have ordered the General Motors (GM) Co union in the city of Silao to repeat the workers ’vote to correct alleged abuses that could violate a new trade agreement for automakers after pressure from U.S. lawmakers.
The Mexican Labor Ministry said on Tuesday that it had found “serious irregularities” in last month’s vote, saying Mexican labor reform required workers not to be tied to contracts signed on their backs and to keep wages low.
Such votes are part of Mexico’s broad effort to defend workers ’rights within the North American Free Trade Agreement or the new free trade agreement that represents NAFTA.