Canada, for the first time, will review a USMCA labor complaint

The Canadian government will review a petition filed under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement alleging worker rights violations at an auto parts facility in Mexico -- the first such claim made to Ottawa. The petition, submitted on Saturday by Canada’s largest private-sector union, Unifor, and Mexican union Sindicato Independiente Nacional De Trabajadores Y Trabajadoras De La Industria Automotriz (SINTTIA), alleges violations by German-owned company Fraenkische Industrial Pipes México S.A. at a plant in Silao, Mexico, according to a Canadian government website ...