The U.S. is asking Mexico to review alleged tampering of a union vote at a General Motors truck factory there, in the first use of a new labor-rule enforcement tool under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement
WASHINGTON—The U.S. is asking Mexico to review alleged tampering of a union vote at a General Motors Co. truck factory there, in the first use of a new labor-rule enforcement tool under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
The U.S. made the request after receiving information “appearing to indicate serious violations” of workers’ rights during a recent vote to approve a collective bargaining agreement at GM’s Silao assembly plant in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, according to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai.
GM has retained a third-party firm to review the situation and will cooperate with the U.S. and Mexican governments, a spokeswoman said. “As a company, we respect and support the rights of our employees to make a personal choice about union representation and any collective bargaining on their behalf,” she said.To Read the Full Story
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