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Workers vote in favour of union democracy at three Mexican factories

Mar 8, 2022 —

August 2021 vote at GM Silao. STPS.

2022 has begun with three important victories in favour of the rights of Mexican workers to freedom of association and collective bargaining, rights that have been strengthened by Mexico’s labour justice reform and the labour chapter of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

The first two wins involve workers at two separate auto factories who voted in free and fair secret-ballot votes in favour of women-led independent unions.

Closing the gender pay gap

Mar 8, 2022 —

For One Woman, Defending The Rights Of Garment Workers Is The Fight Of Her Life

Mar 8, 2022 —

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Raising their voices for change: women garment workers speak up

Mar 8, 2022 —

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Testimony from a Ramatex worker: Nike, PayYourWorkers!

Mar 7, 2022 —

A Ramatex garment worker from Cambodia shares her testimony urging the factory to pay workers the wages they are owed after their factory suddenly closed in July, 2020.

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Talking Threads Podcast: Episode 1 - The women behind the label (IndustriALL)

Mar 7, 2022 —

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DLUM marks International Women’s Day

Mar 7, 2022 —

Photo: Sara Montes Ramirez from Colectivo Raíz Aguascalientes (CRA - RedDLUM)

On March 5, the women members of the Network of United Labour Rights Defenders in the Maquila (RedDLUM) held their first public event in Mexico, in honour of International Women’s Day. The online event, “Updating Women’s Rights at Work” provided a platform for women who work, or have worked, in clothing and auto parts factories to discuss their working conditions in the context of the 2019 reform to the Federal Labour Law.