US Worker Pay Depends on Supporting Mexican Labor Organizing
Reforms instituted by the US–Mexico–Canada Agreement have been critical to enforcing labor rights and supporting independent unions in Mexico. Protecting and expanding these measures can help to improve pay and working conditions across the continent.
Hector de la Cueva, advisor to SINTTIA, at a rally outside the General Motors assembly plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on June 26, 2025. (Mauricio Palos / Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Mexican government is failing to prosecute violent retaliation and threats against workers who organize, says a new report, putting Mexico out of compliance with its trade agreement with the United States and Canada.
The report lists nine separate organizing campaigns in which threats were made against workers: in each instance, the authors found “little evidence of investigation or prosecution by the authorities.”
The report was authored by the Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board (IMLEB), set up by the US Congress under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) and tasked with reviewing the implementation of Mexico’s labor reforms.
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