Workers Win Independent Union Victory in Tijuana Maquiladora Luxshare
In early March 2400 workers at the Chinese owned Luxshare plant in Tijuana’s maquiladora factory district won the first independent union there since 1998. Mexico’s maquiladoras have long been dominated by fake company unions, products of contracts signed without the knowledge of the workers, in order to pre-empt actual independent unions. They joined the National Independent Union of Women and Men Workers Auto Workers (SINTTIA), an independent union that scored its first victory in 2022 at the GM factory in Silao.
