Government Incorporates Mexican Steel into the National Content of Public Works
For the first time, public works must favor Mexican steel over imports, a Plan México measure to boost the country’s mills and industry.
For the first time, public works must favor Mexican steel over imports, a Plan México measure to boost the country’s mills and industry.
Mexico’s steel industry, one of the few not dominated by foreign capital, has been hard-hit by tariffs placed on it by US President Donald Trump.
Privatization, corporate looting, neglect & a bosses’ union destroyed Altos Hornos de México, stranding its workforce without pay & prospects; since its closure more than 70 workers have died, now survivors petition the Mexican government to make good on former President AMLO’s promise of social justice.
The President promised the recovery of the the Coahuila steelworks would prioritize justice and payment for workers first, over creditors.