GM labor violations in Mexico…

**Henry Whalley** · May-25-21, 02:23 AM

Say it ain’t so!

"The United States is testing powers to protect workers under the trade deal replacing NAFTA and asked Mexico on Wednesday to probe alleged abuses at a General Motors Co [[GM.N) factory, a move that may put tariffs on some of the firm's profitable pickups.

"U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said her office and the Department of Labor received "information appearing to indicate serious violations" of worker rights in an April union contract vote at GM's Silao factory in central Mexico.

"Tai said she will partner with the Mexican government to try to "prevent a race to the bottom" for U.S. and Mexican workers."

https://www.reuters.com/business/aut...al-2021-05-12/

**Danny** · May-25-21, 06:36 AM

BUMP.....

What this got to do with Detroit and its communities? Need fact checking sources please.

**jiminnm** · May-25-21, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Danny

BUMP.....

What this got to do with Detroit and its communities? Need fact checking sources please.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aut...al-2021-05-12/

[Note: This Link and quote from article have been inserted into original post by moderator]

**401don** · May-25-21, 11:21 AM

If "Mexico's union system made it hard for workers to organize freely" it sounds like the leftist Mexican president needs to make some changes to Mexican law.

**Henry Whalley** · May-25-21, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by 401don

If "Mexico's union system made it hard for workers to organize freely" it sounds like the leftist Mexican president needs to make some changes to Mexican law.

Agreed. And we need to change General Motors to Grifter Motors.

**Henry Whalley** · May-25-21, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by Danny

BUMP.....

What this got to do with Detroit and its communities? Need fact checking sources please.

If not stopped, Detroit will lose it's industrial base and middle class.

Yust yoking.

**ABetterDetroit** · May-25-21, 09:07 PM

Wonder how much the cartels squeeze out of the companies down there for ‘security fees’ Bribes and extortion are just another cost of doing business in Mexico.

**Richard** · May-25-21, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by Henry Whalley

If not stopped, Detroit will lose it's industrial base and middle class.

Yust yoking.

No they will not,Detroit will just have to become more competitive in the labor market and offer to work for .50 per hour instead of the $1 per hour that their Mexican counterparts make.

There was a reason somebody wanted to put tariffs and penalties for this stuff.

The trucks are not any cheaper because the labor is,this is just a taste of what is to come,go green,where exactly do people think those vehicles will end up being produced and the parts purchased from.

I wonder if all that impacted the shuttering of the Canadian facilities.

I guess in this country we can adapt,rice and beans rolled up in a tortilla is actually pretty cheap to eat 3 times a day and 26 people can live in one house cheaply,so who really needs to make $5 per hour to survive?

Interesting how a pipeline has to pay out 4 million in ransom and we find it atrocious but yet down there,as mentioned,there is a cost of doing business.

The mob control influence over the union here was bad enough,when the cartels control it,it becomes simple,agree or die,the rest is symatics,interesting how companies make those deals just for a few extra billion on the spreadsheet.

The link reads that the US is asking Mexico to do the probe,seriously?

GM in the probe office - that’s not my suitcase stuffed with cash sitting there,must be yours,about that probe?

It’s just the way it is done.

Somebody in Mexico read a newspaper that showed the profit on the trucks that was being realized and decided they wanted or were entitled to a bigger cut.

Its just business.

Like the pipeline,ransom on American company executives is about the same price and you definitely do not want your wife and kids close to you.

**Henry Whalley** · May-26-21, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by Richard

The mob control influence over the union here was bad enough...

Unions here have been outlawed since Taft-Hartley in 1947. The problem is they don't act like outlaws. Who wants to risk beatings, imprisonment, and death when they're busy playing golf in Palm Springs?

**jiminnm** · May-26-21, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by Richard

No they will not,Detroit will just have to become more competitive in the labor market and offer to work for .50 per hour instead of the $1 per hour that their Mexican counterparts make.

There was a reason somebody wanted to put tariffs and penalties for this stuff.

NAFTA2 requires at least 40% of the parts for each passenger vehicle made in the 3 countries to be made by workers paid at least $16/hour. Otherwise, a 2.5% tariff will apply. Honda has announced that they are raising the pay for all workers to at least $16 rather than moving manufacturing to the US.

**Henry Whalley** · May-31-21, 04:16 PM

For anyone interested in trade unions, here's a short scholarly article about labor unions in Russia that mentions Detroit. Judging by the high incidence of wildcat or unlawful strikes in Russia, it seems to me that unions are healthier in Russia because workers are behaving as outlaws, whereas here workers haven't embraced their outlaw status and all the so-called union leaders are on the golf courses.

https://newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2016/...working-class/