USMCA Panel: Canadian Company Used Organized Crime to Violate the Labour Rights of Mine Workers in Mexico | Peace Brigades International-Canada
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The threats of organized crime, perpetrated with the consent of the mining company Camino Rojo in Zacatecas, against the workers of section 335 of the National Mining Union, were displayed before various federal authorities, including before security authorities, to whom the union organization called for support to safeguard the integrity of the workers, according to documents held by La Jornada.
USMCA panel: Canadian company used organized crime to violate the labour rights of mine workers in Mexico | Peace Brigades International-Canada
Photo: On June 10, 2025, Canadian trade unionists rallied outside the offices of Vancouver mining corporation Orla Mining, owner of the Camino Rojo mine. La Jornada reports: “The Camino Rojo mining company, located in Zacatecas, used organized crime to threaten its workers, members of section 335 of the National Mining Union [Sindicato Nacional Minero], and violate their labour rights, in addition to seeking to get them to defect from this union…
The mining company Camino Rojo, located in Zacatecas, used organized crime to threaten its workers, affiliated to section 335 of the National Mining Union, and to violate their labour rights, in addition to seeking to have them deserted from this union, it warned in an unprecedented way the investigation of the panel of the Rapid Response Mechanism (MRR) of the T-MEC, which determined that the company is “directly responsible for employers’ inte…
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