Reuters-US asks Mexico for fresh workers rights review at auto parts facility
September 25, 2023 2 min 282 words
这篇报道反映了美国在贸易协定下对墨西哥某汽车零部件工厂的劳工违规行为提出新的要求。美国贸易代表凯瑟琳·泰表示，这一请求旨在解决工人权利的严重侵犯，包括可能因参与工会活动而被雇主解雇的情况。这已经是自2020年《美墨加协定》生效以来美国贸易代表办公室对墨西哥设施提出的第14项劳工权利投诉，其中包括今年的九项。 这次的调查集中在墨西哥阿瓜斯卡连特斯州的Teklas Automotive工厂。Teklas是一家声称在全球拥有12个工厂、遍布六个国家的汽车液体系统供应商，其根源可追溯到上世纪70年代的土耳其，后来扩展到欧洲、北美和中国。 美国要求墨西哥政府在《美墨加协定》的快速反应劳工机制下审查此事，墨西哥政府有十天时间来审查美国的请求，如果接受的话，还有45天来调查此案。值得注意的是，墨西哥最近拒绝了两项关于劳工权利的调查请求，拒绝审查Grupo Yazaki在瓜纳华托州的汽车零部件工厂和Grupo Mexico矿山劳工调查。 这一报道反映了美墨之间在贸易协定下劳工权利问题上的持续争议，突显了美国政府在维护工人权益方面的决心。这也提醒我们，全球供应链和劳工权利问题在国际贸易中愈发受到关注，而这种关注将对未来的贸易关系和协定产生深远影响。墨西哥政府的决定将被认为是对其在维护劳工权益方面的立场的一项关键测试。
The U.S. made another appeal to Mexico to review alleged labor violations under a regional trade pact on Monday, with the latest investigation centered on a Teklas Automotive facility in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes.
The latest review marks the U.S. Trade Representative office's 14th labor rights complaint against facilities in Mexico since the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade took effect in 2020, including nine this year.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the request was intended to "address a serious violation of workers' rights" at the automotive parts factory, involving an employer possibly terminating workers for engaging in union activity.
"Today's action underscores the United States' unceasing commitment to using the tools established in the USMCA to protect workers' rights to organize for and join the union of their choice," Tai said in a statement.
Teklas, which was founded in the 1970s in Turkey and later expanded to Europe, North America, and China, calls itself a "leading" global supplier of automotive fluid systems with 12 plants in six countries, according to its website.
Washington wants the Mexican government to review the matter under the USMCA's Rapid Response Labor Mechanism.
The Mexican government has ten days to review the U.S. request, and if it accepts, another 45 days to investigate the case.
Mexico has recently denied two requests for probes into labor rights concerns, rejecting a U.S. call to review Grupo Yazaki's auto components factory in the state of Guanajuato and also a Grupo Mexico mine labor probe.
Teklas did not immediately respond to a request for comment.