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Employer-dominated union ousted at Mexican GM plant
An independent union won a landslide victory at a General Motors plant in central Mexico, a breakthrough for efforts to free Mexican workers.
Trade
Trump’s new NAFTA labor rules to be tested
Better than NAFTA, but how real are the labor rights provisions that were added to Trump's trade treaty with Mexico and Canada? A new filing by the national AFL-CIO aims to find out.
Trade
House passes NAFTA re-write
It's the first major change to NAFTA since the three-nation trade agreement first took effect 25 years ago.