Enact Fair Trade Policies
Bad trade agreements that do not have worker protections and rely on moving manufacturing and production to low-wage areas of the world are resulting in a vicious spiral to the bottom, without a safety net for those displaced from their livelihoods nor job training programs to provide skills for new jobs.
a. Mexican Workers at General Motors Have Organized a Union to Fight for a Living Wage
Mexican workers at the General Motors plant in Silao, Guanajuato, are paid between $9 and $23 a day for 12 hour shifts. As a result, they have organized a union in an effort to fight for a living wage. (Read More)
b. Mexican workers at Tridonex plant vote for independent union
Mexican workers at the Tridonex plant have voted for an independent union. (Read More)
c. Campaign to Guarantee Protections for the Right to Organize a Union
Read about Susana Prieto Terrazas, a labor attorney and activist who was released from jail. (Read more)
d. Free Trade Disproportionately Harms Black and Brown Workers
Since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, many people of color, particularly black and brown workers, have been displaced from their jobs. (Read More)
e. Promote Cross Border Solidarity with Maquiladora Workers
Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso Texas, is the location of many huge maquiladoras. A growing movement of maquiladoras workers is protesting their working conditions. (Read more)
f. Building of a culture of solidarity
Since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, corporations in the U.S. and Mexico have been driving down wages to reduce labor costs. As a result, workers in both countries have been supporting each other in solidarity. (Read More)