Mexico union wins after US labor complaint, but abuses go on
By MARK STEVENSON
yesterday
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An independent union won the right to bargain at a U.S. auto parts manufacturer in central Mexico after U.S. authorities said Monday they employed a special weapon — tariffs — against pro-company unions in Mexico that have long kept wages low.
But abuses continued, after Mexican authorities revealed that a pro-company union actually stole a ballot box in a contract vote at another plant, a Goodyear tire facility in the northern state of San Luis Potosí.
The revelations show how hard it will be to end the dominance of old-guard unions in Mexico that sign weak “protection” contracts behind workers’ backs, and then barely show up on the shop floor.
Eduardo Castillo, the leader of the independent “Transformation Union” at the Unique Fabricating de Mexico auto parts plant in the central state of Querétaro, said the company had tried to keep its old union, which workers hardly knew existed. The Michigan-based company did not immediately respond to an email requesting comments on the dispute.
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https://apnews.com/article/mexico-us-labor-complaints-union-organizing-usmca-trade-26f133885e593fc437f1423656e147de
