Between Feb. 18 and 22, USW members from the U.S. and Canada joined unions around the world in demonstrations and rallies at embassies and consulates to protest the constant and systematic violations of human and labor rights by the Mexican Government.

The ‘Mexico Days of Action’ were a week of protests supported by global union alliances like IndustriALL, Workers Uniting, and the Tri-National Solidarity Alliance that includes the national federations of the AFL-CIO and the CLC in North America. A USW membership delegation traveled to Mexico City on Feb. 18 to participate in a protest march with Los Mineros, our alliance union partner in Mexico, to demand justice for the 65 miners killed at the Pasta de Conchos Mine.

Other USW actions were in Montreal, Vancouver, Chicago & Tucson. Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, Secretary General for Los Mineros, spoke in Vancouver.

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USW demonstration action held outside of the Mexican consulate office in Indianapolis, IN.

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