Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Los trabajadores de una segunda planta de ensamblaje de General Motors en México votarán del 25 al 27 de junio sobre si unirse a SINTTIA (Sindicato Independiente Nacional de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores de la Industria Automotriz), el sindicato independiente que ganó una elección histórica para representar a los trabajadores de la planta de Silao de la compañía en 2022.

Workers at a second General Motors assembly plant in Mexico will vote June 25 to 27 on whether to join SINTTIA (the National Auto Workers Union), the independent union that won a landmark election to represent workers at the company’s Silao plant in 2022.

A win for SINTTIA at the plant, located 90 miles north of Silao in San Luis Potosí, would mark a major breakthrough for Mexico’s labor movement. It would be the first time that an independent union represents two assembly plants at one of the Big Three automakers.

Los trabajadores de una segunda planta de ensamblaje de General Motors en México están haciendo campaña para unirse a SINTTIA (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Automotrices), el sindicato independiente que ganó una elección histórica para representar a los trabajadores de otra planta mexicana de GM en 2022. Los 6,500 trabajadores de la planta de San Luis Potosíproducen la GMC Terrain y las SUV Chevrolet Trax y Equinox.

Workers at a second General Motors assembly plant in Mexico are campaigning to join SINTTIA (the National Auto Workers Union), the independent union that won a landmark election to represent workers at another Mexican GM plant in 2022. The 6,500 workers at the San Luis Potosí plant produce the GMC Terrain and the Chevrolet Trax and Equinox SUVs.

A minutos de las boutiques de lujo de SoHo en Manhattan se encuentra la planta de cumplimiento de Bergen Logistics en North Bergen, Nueva Jersey, donde los trabajadores clasifican, empaquetan y envían cientos de paquetes al día para marcas de moda de lujo, incluidas Acne Studios, Kenzo y Phillip Lim.

Minutes from the high-end boutiques of SoHo in Manhattan sits Bergen Logistics’ fulfillment facility in North Bergen, New Jersey, where workers sort, package, and ship hundreds of packages a day for luxury fashion brands including Acne Studios, Kenzo, and Phillip Lim.

The workers themselves can’t realistically afford the ornate gowns and crisp suits they ship to online shoppers. Some work two jobs just to stay afloat, and rush to keep up with unit-per-hour expectations.

Los trabajadores mexicanos de General Motors en el complejo de Silao, Guanajuato, obtuvieron aumentos salariales récord tras enfrentarse al alarmismo de la compañía sobre las amenazas arancelarias.

“Al principio llegaron con un, ‘Yo ofrezco un seis por ciento,’” dijo Norma Leticia Cabrera Vasquez sobre la oferta de la compañía en la mesa de negociación.

Mexican General Motors workers in the Silao, Guanajuato, factory complex clinched record raises after staring down company scaremongering about tariff threats.

“They said, well, we’re offering 6 percent,” said Norma Leticia Cabrera Vasquez about management’s offer at bargaining.

“We knew they were going to show up with that, but we said, ‘We still have weeks to negotiate, so we won’t let that intimidate us,’” said Cabrera Vasquez, who worked at the plant for 15 years, and now serves as a leader of the union’s Women’s Department.

Pages