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NAFTA runs into trouble as Mexican labour reform comes up short
video It was a historic moment for Mexico: The first time workers were given the right to vote on a labour contract negotiated by their union under a new law. The vote, held one early September afternoon at a factory owned by cement giant Cemex, was also meant to signal to Democratic Party officials in the U.S. — and to the labour leaders who support them — that Mexico was making good on promises to strengthen union representation rules under the proposed new North American free trade agreement. Without tougher labour standards, House Democrats have threatened to reject the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known ... (full story)