WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested the government of Mexico review an allegation that the rights of workers at the Goodyear rubber tire facility in San Luis Potosí are being denied.
The action follows a petition alleging the manufacturer is obstructing workers’ freedom of association and right to collective bargaining. The U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Trade Representative co-chair the committee.
On April 20, 2023, the department received the USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism petition filed by La Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicana claiming that the Goodyear facility refused to apply a sectoral agreement that covers the rubber industry in Mexico establishing wages and benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.
While the U.S. government investigated, the Mexican government took a proactive approach to the recent collective bargaining agreement legitimization vote at the facility. Its Federal Center for Conciliation and Labor Registration suspended an April vote due to serious irregularities and held a second vote in early May without significant issues and with external observers present, including those from the International Labor Organization. In the second vote, workers voted overwhelmingly to reject the collective bargaining agreement, resulting in its termination at the end of May.
“In rejecting the collective bargaining agreement, the workers at the Goodyear rubber...
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