House Democrats join growing opposition to Mexican labor legislation

More than 90 House Democrats this week joined in opposition to legislation being considered in the Mexican senate that could undermine labor standards in a retooled North American Free Trade Agreement. The bill, introduced by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional last month, would implement constitutional labor reforms that were adopted by the Mexican government in February 2017. However, it would also retain the non-independent structure of labor arbitration boards and would not prevent the implementation of so-called “protection contracts,” labor sources...