2022-02-09 12:17:51

Workers at Largest GM Plant in Mexico Win Historic Vote for New Independent Union After 2019 Reforms

In Mexico, thousands of workers at the country’s largest General Motors plant have won a historic vote to form an independent union, breaking from a tradition of corrupt unions tied to elites who cut deals with corporations to keep wages and benefits low.

Democracy Now! goes to Guanajuato, Mexico, to speak with historian Javier Bravo about the victory and the passage of critical labor reforms in 2019, which ensure workers can create new unions independent of the will of their employers, says Bravo.

 

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