Mexico finds ‘serious irregularities’ in labor practices at twice-cited facility

The Mexican Economy Ministry on Thursday said it found evidence of worker-rights violations at an auto parts facility in the country following a second U.S. request to review the plant under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid-response mechanism. The facility, Manufacturas VU, was the center of an initial RRM case that was resolved last September . In January, the U.S. issued a second request to Mexico following a petition by Mexican labor groups alleging the facility was again denying workers’ free association...