Mexican Union Fights in US After First Brands Bankruptcy & Factory Closures
Mexican workers with 30 years of seniority were told by the legal advisors of the US autoparts company that “there was no money to pay salaries or continue operations.”
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Mexico’s Labour & Social Welfare Secretariat Will Protect Workers From First Brands Bankruptcy
Patrick James, founder of the US autoparts company, has been indicted on fraud charges, while 7 plants are closed and more than 4,000 Mexican workers are now jobless.
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Normalista Students Block Morelia Avenues While CNTE Teachers Occupy Education Secretariat
Trained teachers were protesting the lack of placements, while the CNTE union demanded the state government meet its hiring and salary obligations.
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San Quintín: Exploitation of Agricultural Day Labourers Persists
Baja California day labourers arrive at ranches in the early morning and begin harvesting agricultural products on a piece-rate basis until they finish, without benefits or social security, in a completely illegal scheme.
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Mexican Unions To Rally for 40 Hour Workweek… With Two Days of Rest
In the face of President Sheinbaum’s roundly criticized workweek reform proposal, considered excessively flexible & accommodating to capital & the danger to workers from USMCA renegotiations Mexican labour isn’t standing still.
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30 Mexican Unions Unite in Face of USMCA & Labour Demands
The bloc announced it will intensify regional meetings & coordination efforts, towards consolidating a unified trade union front.
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CIA Cutouts Get $23.4M From US Gov to Interfere in Mexican Unions
Creative Associates International, the spooky group behind the infamous Cuban Twitter operation, and an NGO involved in dismantling Venezuela’s food system get fresh injections of cash.
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Monte de Piedad Strike: 3 Months In Without Resolution
This article by Jessica Xantomila originally appeared in the January 7, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. The National Union of Workers of Nacional Monte de Piedad and the company met again yesterday at the Federal Conciliation Center, but without progress in ending the strike that broke out on October…
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Dockworkers Demand Justice 35 Years After Salinas, Carlos Slim Rip-Off
Veracruz’ Dockworkers Union was one of the most powerful in Latin America, until privatization and union-busting took aim, handing the port over to businessmen like Carlos Slim.
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Mexico’s Federal Labour Center Anticipates More Sanctioning Tools in 2026
After years of budget cuts, an increase in resources for the labour monitoring institution represents operational relief.
