ITUC-TUCA protest at Mexican consulate in São Paulo21 February, 2013On 20 February, national and international trade unions demonstrated together at the Mexican Consulate in São Paulo.
Argentinian unions mobilize to mark Mexico days of action28 February, 2013Unions of IndustriALL Global Union’s affiliate council in Argentina demonstrated on 22 February at the Mexican Embassy in Buenos Aires.
Reprisals and dismissals at Honda Mexico 9 May, 2013Honda Mexico has breached a workplace agreement and dismissed five workers in a complicit campaign by the company and local protection union, SETEAMI, to intimidate the workforce.
Mexican miners’ union victory in dispute with Minera Frisco20 August, 2013A dispute between Minera Frisco and the National Miners' Union (SNTMMSRM) ended on 14 August. Workers at the El Coronel mine in Zacatecas went on strike for more than two months to defend the union’s right to represent the workers for collective bargaining purposes.
Hard won victory for workers at Vidriera de San Potosí in Mexico10 April, 2014Thirty-three workers have won an important victory in their fight for reinstatement at Vidriera de San Luis Potosí. The company, which dismissed hundreds of workers in 2008 for forming an independent trade union, makes bottles for the export beer brand Corona Extra and is a subsidiary of Grupo Modelo-AB InBev.
Mexican Appeals Court cancels last charges against Napoleón Gómez3 September, 2014After years of persecution, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, President and General Secretary of IndustriALL affiliate the National Mine and Metal Workers Union, Los Mineros, has finally had all criminal charges against him dropped by a court in Mexico.
Bata assaults independent union in Mexico5 September, 2012IndustriALL Global Union has intervened in support of workers at the Bata footwear plant in Mexico who are finding themselves on the sharp end of the collusion between the company and labour authorities.
Mexican union leader, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, sworn in as senator30 August, 2018IndustriALL Global Union marked a historic moment as Mexican union leader, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, returned to his country after 12 years in exile to be sworn in as senator, in a ceremony in Mexico City on 29 August.
Victory at last for Bata workers in Mexico28 July, 2016IndustriALL Global Union is celebrating the end of a five-year conflict as the Sandak-Bata workers’ union has finally reached an acceptable agreement with Calzado Sandak, a Mexican subsidiary of the Swiss-headquartered multinational shoe company, Bata.
