WASHINGTON — The Office of the United States Trade Representative has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review whether workers at Aludyne Automotive Mexico City, S.A. de C.V. (Aludyne), located in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The United States has suspended liquidation of tariffs on goods from the Aludyne facility, which manufactures auto parts.
Background
The United States Trade Representative and the Secretary of Labor co-chair the Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement (ILC). On March 3, 2025, the ILC received an RRM petition from the Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Metalica, Acero, Hierro, Conexos y Similares (STIMAHCS), a Mexican union affiliated with the Frente Autentico del Trabajo (FAT). The petition alleges that Aludyne violated workers' right to union representation by attempting to replace union leaders, restricting participation in worker committees, penalizing union negotiators, and interfering in union activities through threats, reprisals, and intimidation. The ILC reviews RRM petitions that it receives, and the accompanying information, within 30 days.
After conducting this review, the ILC determined that there is sufficient, credible evidence of a denial of rights enabling the good faith invocation of enforcement mechanisms. As a result, the United States Trade Representative has submitted a request to Mexico that Mexico review whether workers at Aludyne are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. Mexico has 10 days to agree to conduct a review and, if it agrees, 45 days from today to complete the review.
A copy of the request for review can be found here.
A copy of the letter to the Secretary of the Treasury can be found here.
Information about previous requests can be found here.
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