Posts tagged Mexico
Ford CEO says company will rethink where it builds vehicles after last year’s autoworkers strike
February 15, 2024 // Ford’s highly profitable factory in Louisville, Kentucky, was the first truck plant that the UAW shut down with a strike. “Our reliance on the UAW turned out to be we were the first truck plant to be shut down,” Farley told the conference. “Really our relationship has changed. It’s been a watershed moment for the company. Does this have business impact? Yes.”
US files 4th labor complaint on Mexican workers’ rights
June 8, 2022 // The complaint was filed under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade pact, which requires that Mexico enforce a law that says employees are allowed to freely choose the union that represents them. For decades, undemocratic, pro-company unions kept wages in Mexico low by reaching behind-the-scenes deals with employers. U.S. Trade Representative’s Office, Teksid Hierro, Frontera, Coahuila, Monclova, Teksid, trade pact, independent labor groups,
UAW, AFL-CIO push GM, Mexican government to safeguard workers ahead of union vote
January 22, 2022 // “What happens in Silao impacts what happens in Flint,” where GM also makes trucks, Shaiken said.