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12 May 2015

Author:
Wendy Thompson, Labornotes

Mexican Auto Workers Fired for Protesting Sexual Harassment

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Twenty Mexican auto workers were fired for defending a co-worker from a harassing supervisor at the new Mazda assembly plant in Salamanca… One worker first complained about this sexual harassment—to the company and the union…Next, workers took their case to government agencies, with witnesses and support statements, again with no results…So “we decided to protest,” said [worker]…They were fired without explanation. All 20 of the workers were male…All the workers in Guanajuato’s auto industry, including at the Mazda plant, are represented by the corrupt Confederation of Mexican Workers…The union sided with management in the firing of the 20 [workers]…