Working people mobilize during international week of action
Working people across the U.S. and around the world are joining the global labor movement to take part in six days of global action and call for trade union rights for Mexican workers. The events happening across the globe coincide with the fifth anniversary of the deaths of 65 Mexican miners in 2006.
Rally at Mexican consulate in Toronto
Uniting across borders, working people are demanding an end to the intimidation and labor rights violations of workers in Mexico. From Korea and Australia, to South Africa and the United Kingdom, working families are standing together to call on the Mexican government to:
- Hold employer and government officials accountable for the Pasta de Conchos mine explosion that killed 65 miners on February 19, 2006;
- Abolish systemic violations of workers’ freedom of association, including employer-dominated “protection contracts” and interference in union elections;
- End the use of force—by the state or private parties—to repress workers’ legitimate demands for democratic unions, better wages and working conditions, and good health and safety conditions;
- End the campaign of political persecution against the Mexican Miners’ Union and the Mexican Electrical Workers’ Union;
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO said, “The Mexican government is right to demand respect for Mexican workers living and working in the United States but it has an equal obligation to protect working families in Mexico and end its on-going assault on their basic rights to safety at work and to organize and participate in unions.”
