Mexico

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Executive Council Statement

2022 George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award to SINTTIA Union of Mexico

In Mexico, one of the biggest obstacles over the past several decades to organizing unions and negotiating genuine collective bargaining agreements is “protection contracts.”
Blog

GM Silao Facility Workers Vote Overwhelmingly in Favor of the SINTTIA Union

After a highly-watched election, change has come for workers at the General Motors (GM) facility in Silao, Mexico.
Blog

Mexican Worker Tells Vice President: ‘There Is Still No Justice’

In a meeting today with Vice President Kamala Harris, Imelda Jímenez, a worker from the Teksid Hierro plant in Ciudad Frontera, Mexico, which makes engine cylinder blocks for the North American market, described the workers’ seven-year battle to form an independent union in the factory where the top wage is $2.50 per hour.
Press Release

Workers’ Rights Advocate Must Be Immediately Released

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the arrest of Mexico’s labor lawyer Susana Prieto.
Press Release

Liberen inmediatamente a defensora mexicana de los derechos de los trabajadores

Declaración del Presidente Richard Trumka de la AFL-CIO sobre el arresto de la abogada laboralista Susana Prieto.
Media Hit

Liz Shuler on Standing in Solidarity with Working People in El Paso (KTSM)