More than 500 maquiladora workers in Tamaulipas are on strike.

After the sudden closing of the maquila, manufacturing factory for export, to Matamoros, Tamaulipasmore than 500 workers of this company went on strike this Wednesday.

On March 22, Componentes Universales de Matamoros SA de CV ceased operations, but that the closure occurred without a clear liquidation process from workers.

Faced with such a scenario, Universal Components employees they held the right to strike after failing to negotiate with the corporation and failing to ensure that they receive compensation that is legally appropriate for them.

In addition to the fact that he was denied coverage of 60% of his salary while he was deciding whether to sell the plant.

Matamoros, as well as other key locations along the US border, has seen labor disputes and renegotiations under the Mexico-US-Canada Treaty (T-MEC) in recent years. violations of workers’ rights.

In Matamoros, which employs more than 78,500 workers among its industries, most of which are of American origin, no event of this magnitude has occurred for several years. where the maquiladora abruptly closed.

Two weeks after a shutdown that left hundreds of workers in limbo, this Wednesday afternoon red and black flags were set up. after the adoption of the decision on the seizure of real estate in the Union of Day Laborers and Industrial Workers of Maquiladora (Sjoiim).

“From today, a fiercer struggle begins against the owners of this company, they answer or answer,” he said. EFE secretary Sjoiim Juan Villafuerte Morales.

The leader noted that will appear before the authorities of Mexico and the United Stateswhere does the investment come from, so that justice is given to the working class, and they are given liquidation for the years worked.

In previous days they were told that some investors wanted to buy the company and demanded an end to the strike planned for the last week; however, in this case, the distrust of the workers ordered the gates to be chained.

The last to leave the building were several private security guards who were waiting for the owners’ orders, but in the end they were forced to leave as a result of the litigation. (EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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