[CTC] USW: New Threats Against MX Labor Activist Susana Prieto Terrazas

[Arthur Stamoulis]

Letter attached


https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usw-alerts-trump-administration-to-plight-of-mexican-labor-activist-susana-prieto-terrazas-301162108.html

 

 
For Immediate Release: Oct. 28, 2020
Contact: Jess Kamm Broomell, 412-562-2444, jkamm at usw.org <mailto:jkamm at usw.org>
 
USW Alerts Trump Administration to Plight of
Mexican Labor Activist Susana Prieto Terrazas
 
PITTSBURGH – United Steelworkers (USW) International President Tom Conway today sent a
letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia, and
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stating concerns about the treatment of independent trade union
lawyer and attorney Susana Prieto Terrazas.
 
Prieto, an outspoken advocate for labor rights, was jailed in June and has now been ordered to
attend court hearings this week where it is likely that she will again be detained and incarcerated.
 
The letter further expresses alarm that Prieto’s treatment undermines the Mexican labor law
reforms spelled out in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and urges the
administration to convey these concerns to the Mexican authorities.
 
See the full text of the letter here.
 
The USW represents 850,000 workers employed in metals, mining, pulp and paper, rubber,
chemicals, glass, auto supply and the energy-producing industries, along with a growing number
of workers in health care, public sector, higher education, tech and service occupations.



Arthur Stamoulis
Citizens Trade Campaign
(202) 494-8826




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