Solidarity between Canadian and Mexican workers is more important than ever. By strengthening the bonds between our labour movements, we challenge the corporate-driven global race to the bottom, and promote fair working conditions, safety and dignity for all. The United Steelworkers and the Steelworkers Humanity Fund play a crucial role in this effort, providing resources, training, and support that empower Mexican workers and their communities. While working together to improve lives, we demonstrate how collective action and international solidarity can create meaningful, lasting change.
In the summer of 2025, Steelworkers joined a delegation of Canadian union representatives to travel to Mexico for a technical exchange on occupational health and safety with unions from both countries. In Cuernavaca, Mexico, they participated in a three-day workshop with workers who had recently organized their own workplaces to form unions or were in […]
Amid Trump’s trade war on Canada’s manufacturing capacity and its workers, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund organized a tour by partner unions from Mexico and Canadian experts to discuss the tariff impacts on workers and the economy. In September, the group visited USW Area Councils and locals, toured factories to meet members and participated in forums […]
The SHF has a long-term relationship of solidarity with our union brothers and sisters in Mexico, especially through the Mineros union and the Authentic Labour Front (FAT). In collaboration with the Canadian Labour Congress, CUPE, PSAC, and the Centre international de solidarité ouvrière in Quebec, through a grant from Employment and Social Development Canada, the […]
USW District 3 and the Steelworkers Humanity Fund hosted a meeting in June of the International Miners Network, bringing together unions from the global gold-mining operations of Newmont Corporation. Unions participating in the meeting included Los Mineros of Mexico, SITRACOMY of Peru, ASIJEMIN of Argentina, the Australian Workers Union and the USW – including members […]
The United Steelworkers union (USW) has filed a complaint under the Canada United States Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) on behalf of workers at a Canadian-owned mine in Mexico who have faced assaults and death threats after they joined an independent union.
This complaint calls for an independent panel to investigate and address violations of workers’ rights at the Camino Rojo gold and silver mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, which is owned by Vancouver-based Orla Mining Ltd.
The complaint, filed under CUSMA’s Rapid Response Labour Mechanism (RRM), cites the continuous and systematic denial of the workers’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining.