At this GM plant in Mexico, workers on both sides of the border came together across national boundaries to challenge corporate power.
Mexican president is unlikely to attend.
Mexico’s labor law reform went into effect in 2019, requiring unions to hold secret-ballot votes to validate all existing contracts by May 2023. Next week, workers at Tridonex will hold a vote and attempt to get rid of their employer-friendly union.
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John Reed’s thrilling dispatches from the front lines of the Mexican Revolution could have made him a pop culture celebrity. Instead, the experience made him a committed socialist.
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Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is attempting to transform the country’s overpriced energy industry by nationalizing lithium — a move essential to kicking out private mining and developing a robust and affordable public energy sector.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commemorating Grito de Dolores, invited Cuba’s president Miguel Díaz-Canel, to share the podium with him as an act of solidarity.
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