Mexico

Professor says award should go to Mexico’s electrical union

November 23, 2009

Professor John Womack, an expert on Mexican labor history, has given up a prestigious prize, asking that it instead be awarded to the embattled Mexican Electrical Workers' Union.

Panel tackles unsolved murder of U.S. unionist in Mexico

November 5, 2009

WASHINGTON (PAI)— Amid indications the Mexican government "would like to sweep the whole thing under the rug," as his union president says, a special Inter-American panel on Nov. 4 tackled the unsolved 2007 murder of U.S....

Mexican electricians receive U.S. labor solidarity

October 17, 2009

A growing list of U.S. labor unions is expressing their solidarity with workers of the electric company that serves central Mexico, which is facing repression from the government.

World Notes: South Africa, Mexico, South Korea, Romania, Afghanistan, Cuba

October 14, 2009 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

South Africa and health care, Mexico and mining, South Korea and unions, Romania and general strike, Afghanistan and development, Cuba and milestones

Mexican union fights privatizing electrical grid

October 11, 2009

In Mexico, the electricians’ union stands in the way of the government’s attempt to privatize the country’s electrical grid.