<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><i class="">Great to see the labor provisions of the NAFTA revision being tested! Hopefully this case is successful, and the first of many</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><a href="https://cdmigrante.org/migrant-worker-women-usmca/" class="">https://cdmigrante.org/migrant-worker-women-usmca/</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Migrant Worker Women Submit First-Ever Petition Against the US Under the USMCA</font></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class=""><strong class="">March 23, 2021</strong> </p><p class="">Maritza Perez and Adareli Ponce have filed the first-ever petition
against the U.S. under the USMCA in a pivotal moment for the fight to
end gender discrimination against migrant worker women on temporary
labor migration programs. The petition was signed by a binational
coalition of allies led by CDM.</p><p class="">Migrant worker women are denied jobs, channeled into lower-paying
roles and exposed to gender-based violence at their workplace. They’ve
fought for justice, demanding the U.S. government put in place
enforcement measures that ensure equity and dignity for migrant worker
women.</p><p class="">For years, they watched as the toothless NAFTA labor side accord failed to hold the U.S. government accountable.</p><p class="">Now, with USMCA’s enforceable labor chapter promising sanctions for
violators, Maritza and Adareli are putting the new trade agreement to
the test.</p><p class="">Maritza and Adareli and dozens of allies are calling for the Mexican
and U.S governments to live up to their obligations under the trade
agreement.</p><div class=""><p class=""><strong class="">Read the complaint below: </strong></p><div class="">https://cdmigrante.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/USMCA-Amended-Peition-and-Appendices_March-23-2021_reduced.pdf</div><p class="">Listen to Maritza, Adareli and allies discuss how they’re using the
USMCA to end gender-based discrimination against migrant worker women: </p><div class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC7_NXRFhTs</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
Arthur Stamoulis<br class="">Citizens Trade Campaign<br class="">(202) 494-8826<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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