MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican border assembly plant that drew an unusual two U.S. labor complaints was back at the center of controversy Monday, after a judge outlawed a planned strike there.
MEXICO CITY — MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican border assembly plant that drew an unusual two U.S. labor complaints was back at the center of controversy Monday, after a judge outlawed a planned strike there.
The dispute centers on the VU Manufacturing auto parts plant in the border city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas.
It is the only place where the United States has filed two labor complaints under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, asking Mexico to ensure that its laws guaranteeing freedom to organize are being enforced.
The Río Grande district labor tribunal ruled Friday against a plan by a new union at the factory to hold a strike in coming weeks, arguing some workers had said they didn't want to go on strike.
A lawyer for the union, which had won negotiating rights after the first U.S. complaint in July, said he would file an appeal, and Mexico’s federal government slammed the district judge's ruling.
“Under the labor law reform, this (ruling) has no legal justification,” said Pablo Franco, a labor lawyer who represents the new union. “It is more of a political decision by the state government, which controls the judge, because they don't want authentic negotiations.”
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