GM workers in Mexico reject ‘protection’ union following USMCA action

Workers at a General Motors plant in Silao, Mexico, cast their ballots this week for a second time -- this time without incident -- to reject their longtime union in an early test of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s novel rapid-response mechanism for labor violations, the Mexican government said on Thursday. The second vote came after reports of ballot destruction and intimidation during a collective bargaining agreement vote in April. The U.S., following those reports, brought a dispute against Mexico under the...