cardone industries inc the philadelphiabased parent company of tridonex said it would cooperate with a review but added we believe the allegations are inaccurateby david lawder and daina beth solomon washington the united states asked mexico on wednesday to review whether workers at an auto parts factory were denied labor rights in the second labor complaint brought by the biden administration under the new north american trade deal in less than a month the us trade representatives office said it made the request involving the tridonex auto parts factory in the northern border city of matamoros advt the aflcio the largest us labor federation petitioned the agency last month to review the case over allegations that the plant denied workers collective bargaining and free association rights the complaint was brought under the rapid response labor mechanism of the usmexicocanada agreement usmca the pact allows the review of factoryspecific labor grievances and could ultimately result in import restrictions on the plants products cardone industries inc the philadelphiabased parent company of tridonex said it would cooperate with a review but added we believe the allegations are inaccurate the company which refits secondhand car parts for sale in the united states and canada did not detail which allegations it took issue with we fully respect workers rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining cardone said in a statement we run our business according to leading labor practices to meet or exceed requirements of all applicable laws including those under mexicos labor reform and usmca commitments wednesdays ustr announcement followed a visit by vice president kamala harris to mexico in which the united states pledged 130 million over three years to help mexico implement a labor reform that underpins the usmca provisions advt us trade representative katherine tai said in a statement that use of the usmca showed the governments commitment to stand up for workers at home and abroad in may tai brought a usmca labor complaint against a general motors co pickup truck plant in mexico over possible rights abuses during a union contract vote mexicos economy and labor ministries said they would review the ustr request to determine if labor rights at tridonex were violated under the usmca the pacts enforcement tool was designed to improve worker rights after mexican wages stagnated under the usmcas predecessor pact the north american free trade agreement nafta tempting american companies to move production south of the us border reuters reported in may that hundreds of tridonex workers had sought representation by a new union led by activistattorney susana prieto since 2019 yet state labor officials never scheduled an election prieto said 600 of her supporters at tridonex last year were fired in what some workers described as retaliation for their efforts to switch unions reuters published on jun 10 2021 at 1005 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason