Unions worldwide express support for Goodyear workers in Mexico30 November, 2018Representatives from Goodyear unions in Germany, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, South Africa and the United States have shown their support for workers fired from the Goodyear plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and have agreed on joint actions to ensure they are reinstated.
Bodies of Pasta de Conchos victims may be recovered26 February, 2019Thirteen years on and the bodies of those killed in the Pasta de Conchos mine disaster may finally be recovered.
Independent union signs historic collective bargaining agreement with Saint-Gobain Mexico16 March, 2023The Independent Union of Free and Democratic Workers of Saint-Gobain Mexico has signed an historic collective bargaining agreement with the multinational building materials manufacturer.
One year of strike action for a fair agreement for Caterpillar Mexico workers10 October, 2024The National Independent Union of Industrial and Service Workers (SNITIS) has been on strike for a year at Caterpillar in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, seeking to obtain a fair collective bargaining agreement.
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.
Mexico: independent union formed at Flex-N-Gate in Puebla27 June, 2012The democratic trade union SITIAFNG was formed Sunday 24 June 2012, in a context of low wages, repression, harassment and the existence of a protection union. This is an historic moment for the workers and they hope that the labour authorities will recognize the union.
ILO calls on Mexico for tripartite dialogue on Protection Contracts9 July, 2012Recommendations put forward by the Committee on Freedom of Association and approved by the International Labour Organisations’ Governing Body in June call on the Mexican government to examine the issue of Protection Contracts.
Mexican parliament debates today on dangerous labour law reform27 September, 2012Mexican workers are picketing the Mexican parliament today; unions are mobilizing throughout the capital and elsewhere, as politicians debate the extremely anti-worker legislation submitted by outgoing president Felipe Calderón.
Another victory for SME!11 October, 2012Court rules that the termination of electricity workers’ employment contracts was invalid and that the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) is their new employer.
Oppose Mexican anti-worker legislation reform23 October, 2012Write to Mexico’s Senators here and remind them of the international opposition to the regressive reforms proposed for the country’s labour legislation.
