Category: Mexico
Workers in the berry fields of the United States and Mexico have the same transnational employers. Now, farmworker unions in those two nations have begun to work together
“If there is economic growth in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, in Chiapas, in Tabasco, in Oaxaca, there will be no migration phenomenon”
José Alejandro García: Caravan of 3,000 Central American Migrants Crosses Into MexicoThousands of Central American migrants have defied Donald Trump and streamed over the international bridge from Guatemala into Mexico, where some clashed with riot police in an attempt to continue their journey north
How Thousands of Mexico’s Seniors are Exploited in Unpaid Jobs
Jeff Hermanson: Election Landslide Raises Hopes for Mexican LaborIndependent unions have formed a new federation. They hope to win progressive labor law reform and finally end the reign of corrupt, pro-employer unions
Lori Wallach: “New NAFTA”If we don’t get members of Congress to push on the administration, the necessary labor and environmental enforcement is not going to happen, and then it’s going to be a deal we’re going to have to stop
But a Huge Loss for Workers and the Environment
Revolutionary Theories and Anticapitalist Dreams of Subcommandante Marcos
When it comes to immigration and refugees, Mexico’s progressive president elect, Andres Lopez Obrador, has more in common with US president Donald Trump than you’d expect
Nevin Siders: Defending electricity users in MexicoThe National Assembly of Electric Energy Users (ANUEE) imploded under the carrot-and-stick pressures the Mexican government applied in its privatization drive. Among the more forceful measures are changing the Constitution in an unending chain of neoliberal reforms that open ever wider sectors of the economy to private enterprise, each wrapped in a sweetening that their Read more…