México: Jueves 27, 10:00 am y Jueves 27 6:00 pm La coordinación Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de ILAW, realizará encuentros virtuales, por país, con nuestros afiliados y …
Lawsuit: Mexican guest workers on Louisiana sugar cane farms shortchanged by Arkansas labor co.
A civil rights group has accused an Arkansas company that annually uses a federal program to supply foreign guest workers to Louisiana sugar cane farms of “rampant wage theft” since …
Juarez labor attorney with ties to El Paso faces arrest days after winning release from jail
A Mexican labor attorney — with dual U.S. citizenship and a residence in El Paso — faces new charges and pending arrest in Juárez after recently winning release from jail …
BRIEFING PAPER: LABOUR RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IN THE USMCA
“The USMCA includes two mechanisms to enforce the labour rights obligations of the agreement. The first, set out in Chapter 23,1 seeks to improve the effectiveness of the existing state-to-state …
México ratifica el Convenio 189 de la OIT sobre trabajo doméstico
México continúa en el avance hacia una legislación laboral garantista, ratificando el pasado 03 de julio el Convenio 189 de la OIT, sobre los trabajadores y las trabajadoras domésticas. Con …
Abogados internacionales piden a SCJN rechazar amparos contra Reforma Laboral
En la víspera de la entrada en vigor del Tratado entre México, Estados Unidos y Canadá (T-MEC), abogados internacionales pidieron a la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) …
U.S. unions urge Mexico to defend workers’ rights after labor advocate’s arrest
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Pressure is growing for Mexican authorities to release prominent labor lawyer Susana Prieto, arrested a week ago at a protest, with two U.S. unions concerned about …
Mexican state arrests border labor lawyer Susana Prieto
Border state authorities have arrested a crusading labor lawyer who led a wave of 2019 walkouts for higher wages at border assembly plants known as maquiladoras. Detectives arrested Susana Prieto …
Empleadas domésticas sin medios para defender sus derechos laborales; carecen de contrato
“La falta de un contrato de trabajo, en el que además se garantice la seguridad social, ha provocado que las trabajadoras del hogar tengan pocas herramientas para defender sus derechos …
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