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USW president calls on USTR to oppose 'regressive' Mexican labor bill

April 3, 2018 at 5:55 PM
Leo Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers, is urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to push the Mexican government to stop labor legislation he believes could jeopardize the successful conclusion of NAFTA 2.0 negotiations. “I am writing you out of grave concern that the Mexican Senate may soon pass legislation, masquerading as labor law reform, that will have the impact of degrading workers’ rights in that country,” Gerard wrote in an April 2 letter to Lighthizer . “This effort...

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