MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A vote through which almost 1,700 staff at Mexico’s Tridonex auto-parts plant could have the possibility to elect a brand new union has been pushed again one week to Feb. 28, in keeping with an official doc seen by Reuters on Saturday.
Staff on the plant within the northern Mexico metropolis of Matamoros started campaigning about two years in the past to exchange a union that they accused of failing to push for increased wages.
Within the upcoming vote, they may have the ability to select between their present union, a part of the Confederation of Mexican Staff (CTM), and an impartial group, SNITIS.
Paperwork from Mexico’s federal labor board confirmed the vote was scheduled for Feb. 28 after initially being slated for Feb. 21.
Tridonex’s unlisted U.S. mother or father, Cardone, confronted U.S. authorities scrutiny final yr in one of many first labor complaints beneath a brand new regional commerce deal after staff stated they have been being denied the best to freely choose their illustration.
Cardone stated it is going to be impartial and work with the group elected by staff.
(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon in Mexico Metropolis; Enhancing by Matthew Lewis)
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