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.
On July 1, 2020, NAFTA was replaced by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The new labor provisions require Mexico to restructure its labor relations system with US oversight. Mexican workers will most likely continue to suffer.
“The global struggle against the pandemic has little chance to succeed if personal hygiene, the main measure to prevent contagion, is unavailable to the 2.2 billion persons who have no access to safe water services.”
As femicide continues to plague the world, we must continue to fight the systems that are complicit in their acceptance of it and for the families demanding justice for their loved ones.
It's also great for fossil fuel companies.
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Trump’s new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement repeats the disasters of the original agreement.
American workers will see no relief from their fears of jobs moving overseas or to lower-wage communities in their own country.
The vast majority of the House Democratic Caucus are progressives on the issue of trade. They have staunchly insisted that without drastic changes, a new NAFTA is not worth having. They have taken their cues from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
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