U.S.M.C.A. and labor rights in the mexican automotive industry

U.S.M.C.A. and labor rights in the mexican automotive industry

The automotive industry in the North American region was reconverted based on the dynamism induced by trade liberalization. Jobs moved to Mexico. This relocation of production affected American and Mexican workers; “social dumping”, as one scholar of this subject has characterized it. For this reaso...

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Main Authors: Foust-Rodríguez, David, Román-Morales, Luis Ignacio
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Published: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2023
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spelling oai:ojs2.dycsvictoria.uat.edu.mx:article-1762023-06-23T21:58:12Z U.S.M.C.A. and labor rights in the mexican automotive industry T-MEC y derechos laborales en la industria automotriz mexicana Foust-Rodríguez, David Román-Morales, Luis Ignacio T-MEC derechos laborales reforma laboral U.S.M.C.A. labor rights labor reform The automotive industry in the North American region was reconverted based on the dynamism induced by trade liberalization. Jobs moved to Mexico. This relocation of production affected American and Mexican workers; “social dumping”, as one scholar of this subject has characterized it. For this reason, by renegotiating the North American trade agreement, the forces driving these changes (Trump, at the time, the Democratic unions and politicians, and the current Mexican federal government) have concentrated a good part of their energy on imposing new rules on the automotive industry, accompanied by a labor and wage reform. It is not fortuitous that the stories of success of new independent unions are occurring mainly in this industry, and not (so much) in others. Is there a pattern or model that explains why these cases have occurred? Taking up discussions and contributions from various authors, this paper proposes a heuristic model that was tested by analyzing the relevant cases of recent independent trade unionism and some contrasting cases. These are preliminary results, since it is a living and moving phenomenon. However, clues are offered to critically monitor the implementation of the Mexican labor reform. La industria automotriz de la región norteamericana se reconvirtió con base en el dinamismo inducido por la liberalización comercial. Los empleos se mudaron a México. Esta deslocalización productiva afectó a trabajadores estadunidenses y mexicanos; “dumping social”, como lo ha caracterizado un estudioso de esta materia. Por ello, al renegociar el tratado comercial de Norteamérica, las fuerzas que impulsan estos cambios (Trump, en su momento, los sindicatos y políticos Demócratas y el actual gobierno federal mexicano) han concentrado buena parte de su energía en imprimirle nuevas reglas a la industria automotriz, acompañadas por una reforma laboral y de salarios. No es fortuito que los casos de triunfo de nuevos sindicatos independientes se estén presentando principalmente en esta industria, y no (tanto) en otras. ¿Existe un patrón o modelo que explique por qué se han presentado estos casos? Retomando discusiones y aportaciones de diversas (os) autoras (es), en este trabajo se propone un modelo heurístico que fue ensayado analizando los casos relevantes de sindicalismo independiente reciente y algunos casos de contraste. Se trata de resultados preliminares, pues es un fenómeno vivo y en movimiento. No obstante, se ofrecen pistas para monitorear críticamente la implementación de la reforma laboral mexicana. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2023-06-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://dycsvictoria.uat.edu.mx/index.php/dycsv/article/view/176 10.29059/rdycsv.v5i2.176 REVISTA DYCS VICTORIA; Vol. 5 N.° 2 (july - december 2023): Thematic axes of equity and inclusion; 82-99 REVISTA DYCS VICTORIA; Vol. 5 N.° 2 (julio - diciembre 2023). Ejes temáticos: equidad e inclusión; 82-99 2683-1821 spa https://dycsvictoria.uat.edu.mx/index.php/dycsv/article/view/176/93 https://dycsvictoria.uat.edu.mx/index.php/dycsv/article/view/176/128 Derechos de autor 2023 Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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description The automotive industry in the North American region was reconverted based on the dynamism induced by trade liberalization. Jobs moved to Mexico. This relocation of production affected American and Mexican workers; “social dumping”, as one scholar of this subject has characterized it. For this reason, by renegotiating the North American trade agreement, the forces driving these changes (Trump, at the time, the Democratic unions and politicians, and the current Mexican federal government) have concentrated a good part of their energy on imposing new rules on the automotive industry, accompanied by a labor and wage reform. It is not fortuitous that the stories of success of new independent unions are occurring mainly in this industry, and not (so much) in others. Is there a pattern or model that explains why these cases have occurred? Taking up discussions and contributions from various authors, this paper proposes a heuristic model that was tested by analyzing the relevant cases of recent independent trade unionism and some contrasting cases. These are preliminary results, since it is a living and moving phenomenon. However, clues are offered to critically monitor the implementation of the Mexican labor reform.
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