Mexico to probe alleged labor abuses at Fujikura auto parts plant (updated)

Fujikura

22/12/2023 19:38

(Updates with additional detail from paragraph 3 onward)
       MEXICO CITY, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Mexico will review
whether workers at a Fujikura  5803.T  auto parts plant in the
northern border city of Piedras Negras were denied the right to
choose their union after a U.S. request under a trilateral trade
agreement, authorities said on Friday.
    Mexico's labor ministry has 45 days to conduct an internal
investigation into whether labor rights were violated, it said
in a joint statement with the economy ministry.
    U.S. labor officials requested the probe last week, one of
more than a dozen such investigations at the behest of the U.S.
under the trilateral treaty the countries hold with Canada.
    The Department of Labor had said a Mexican worker advocacy
group requested the investigation following allegations that
Japan-based Fujikura blacklisted workers based on their prior
union activity.
    The company's local branch employs some 5,000 people, where
it makes wire harnesses and cables for autos, according to the
Department of Labor.

 (Reporting by Kylie Madry; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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