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Published on Monday, May 10, 2021
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The largest labor federation in the United States said it would file on Monday the first petition for the U.S. government to lodge a complaint against Mexico under the terms of the new North American free-trade agreement, which took effect last year.
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) states in its petition, which it shared with the Reuters news agency, that employees at the Tridonex auto parts plant in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, were denied the right to independent union representation in violation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
UPDATE 2-U.S. unions lodge first Mexico labor grievance under new NAFTA Reuters 5/10/2021
By Daina Beth Solomon
MEXICO CITY, May 10 (Reuters) - U.S. unions on Monday filed the first labor rights petition against Mexico under a new regional trade pact, vying to bring a complaint against an auto parts company on the border that they say has denied workers the right to independent representation.
The petition - filed by the biggest U.S. labor federation, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) - states that workers at Tridonex in Matamoros, across from Texas, were blocked from electing a union of their choice.
U.S. unions lodge first Mexico labor grievance under new trade deal Autoblog 5 days ago Reuters
MEXICO CITY The AFL-CIO, the biggest U.S. labor federation, on Monday was filing the first petition for the U.S. government to bring a labor complaint against Mexico under the trade deal that replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement, the union said.
The AFL-CIO s petition, which it shared with Reuters, states that workers at the auto parts plant Tridonex in Matamoros, a Mexican city on the border with Texas, were denied independent union representation in violation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that replaced NAFTA last year.
U.S. unions lodge first Mexico labor grievance under new NAFTA
By Daina Beth Solomon
Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The AFL-CIO, the biggest U.S. labor federation, on Monday will file the first petition for the U.S. government to bring a labor complaint against Mexico under the trade deal that replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement, the union said.
The AFL-CIO s petition, which it shared with Reuters, states that workers at the auto parts plant Tridonex in Matamoros, a Mexican city on the border with Texas, were denied independent union representation in violation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that replaced NAFTA last year.