US Mexico Settle Volkswagen Labor Rights Case

[ABS News Services/04.09.2024]

The United States has announced the successful resolution of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Rapid Response Labor Mechanism case regarding alleged worker rights violations at the Volkswagen de México facility in the state of Puebla.

This is the 21st time the United States and Mexico have successfully resolved under the RRLM.

The US Trade Representative’s Office also announced several new RRLM requests last week:

· The United States has asked Mexico to review whether workers at the Pirelli Neumaticos, S.A. de C.V, facility in the city of Silao de la Victoria in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The United States has suspended liquidation of tariffs on goods from the Pirelli facility, which specializes in converting rubber into car tires.

· The United States has asked Mexico to review whether workers at the Minera Camino Rojo facility, which specializes in extracting and producing gold and silver, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The United States has suspended liquidation on unliquidated entries of goods from the facility.

The petition alleges that the Camino Rojo mine interfered with union affairs at the facility by disparaging and undermining the strength of workers’ support for the titular union, Mineros, and promoting the affiliation of workers to an external union, the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Exploración, Explotación Y Beneficio de Minas en la Republica Mexicana (a union affiliated to the Federación Nacional de Sindicatos Independientes, or FNSI)