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.
Read: Report: Mexican union activists facing violence require protection [English | Spanish]
This report analyzes cases of violence against trade unionists and labour activists in Mexico. It examines the repression of freedom of association and genuine collective bargaining, despite being fundamental rights under Mexico’s legal system, and how this occurs in relation to employer interests and the intervention or lack of intervention of the authorities.
This spring, USW District 6 Director Kevon Stewart travelled to Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, to participate in the 19th annual remembrance march with Los Mineros, the National Union of Mine, Steel, and Allied Workers of the Mexican Republic. What Stewart witnessed was a powerful reminder of the urgent need for international labour solidarity – and the […]
In April, District 3 staff members Ed Kent and Mike Duhra travelled to Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico, to attend the Los Mineros Annual Memorial March, an event held each year to honour the martyrs of the 2006 strike and to advance the cause of workers’ rights across borders. In 2006, Los Mineros union members launched a […]
Young Steelworkers activists from Canada and the U.S. recently participated in the Global Union Youth Exchange in Mexico City, where they built leadership skills and shared experiences with counterparts from Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Turkey. The youth exchange program attracted young members from all USW Canadian Districts and Districts 4 and 12 in the U.S., […]
TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2024 – 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 […]
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.