El governor of the United States affirm that the results of the votes in General Motors in his Silao plant, historical fueron, then the workers defended the freedom of association.
In joint communication, the Deputy Secretary of International Assistants Thea M. Lee y Secretariat de Trabajo estadounidenses, Marty Walsh show 90% of eligible workers, vote in a historic election in General Motors installations in Silao, Mexico, to determine the number of syndicated cars in the ballot box in front of the bargaining chip.
The election is considered a positive step when it is first presented with an action by the workers’ authorities in respect of the United States-Mexico-Canada Accord.
“This election at the Silao General Motors plant represents a historic landmark for the recent creation of the Federal Center to guarantee a free election and just for workers working on the new Mexican Labor Justice System,” said Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lee.
“The administration of the Federal Center for this election will help ensure a fair and transparent process,” he added.
For its part, the Secretary of Labor of United StatesMarty Walsh, demonstrates that “as workers, we have more strengths when we can work with a single voice, and we have more strengths when our work partners in all the world can make it different”, dijo.
“The work of defending the freedom of association never takes place, but this historic election must show that we can advance the right of all workers to associate freely when we work together,” he said.
Recorded that in July of 2021, United States and Mexico announce an integral plan without precedent to remedy an earlier negotiation of the rights of association and collective bargaining rights for workers in the same installation as the T-MEC.
The provincial remedy course of a revised application presented in May 2021 by the EE governor. UU. both the rapid response mechanism of USMCA with respect to related events with an April 2021 vote by workers on the installation to approve its collective agreement. In August 2021, workers will meet the collective agreement in a free and fair vote.
Although the remission rate was officially announced in September 2021, United States and Mexico are vigilant, monitoring the conditions on the ground ahead of the voting of this month to ensure that workers who work properly take part in voting without interference.
“The historic vote of this week to elect a union to the General Motors installations in Silo is a victory for the workers (…) and for the Federal Center for Counseling and the Registry of the Mexican Government”, he said. communicated to the commercial representative Katherine Tai.
“The next stage of the process, as well as critical, will be the good negotiation between General Motors and the new union”, added Tai.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx