© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the main entrance of the General Motors’ pickup truck plant as workers vote to elect a new union under a labor reform that underpins a new trade deal with Canada and the United States, in Silao, Mexico February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Sergi
By Daina Beth Solomon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said Friday the vote by General Motors (NYSE:) workers at a pickup truck plant in Mexico to approve a new contract “demonstrates the significant benefits of true collective bargaining.”
Reuters reported earlier this month GM agreed to a 8.5% wage hike with a new, independent union at its plant in the central Mexican city of Silao. Tai said under labor protections under the USMCA trade deal that “workers no longer have to tolerate contracts negotiated behind their backs and have the right to vote on an agreement after it’s negotiated.”
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