USMCA petition accuses Panasonic Mexico facility of labor violations

A Mexican subsidiary of Panasonic’s automotive division is violating its workers’ labor rights by denying them a choice in union representation and by forcing an unapproved collective bargaining agreement upon them, according to a new petition to trigger the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid-response mechanism. The petition was filed by Rethink Trade, a program of the U.S.-based advocacy group American Economic Liberties Project, and Sindicato Nacional Independiente de Trabajadores de Industrias y Servicios, a Mexican labor union, the two organizations announced on...