Mark Stevenson

Associated Press

L3Harris Technologies Facility in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

U.S. Navy Awards L3Harris Nearly $1 Billion Communication Technology Contract

November 26, 2024

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Why Lead-Tainted Cinnamon Products Turned Up on Shelves

November 29, 2024

Anduril's Denali Rocket Motor in action.

Anduril's Denali Takes on Affordable Hypersonic Propulsion

November 28, 2024

The new GM F1 concept.

GM Launches Cadillac Formula 1 Team and Power Unit

November 26, 2024

Mary Skinner inspects the rear end of a General Motors Chevrolet Cruze at Jamestown Industries in Youngstown, Ohio on Nov. 28, 2018.

Optimism Rising for U.S., Mexican Workers

President Trump's North American Trade pact celebrates third anniversary.

June 29, 2023

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Mexico Union Wins After U.S. Labor Complaint

But abuses go on.

April 25, 2023

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Mexican President Says Tesla to Build Plant in Mexico

He says the company has committed to building a plant in Monterrey.

February 28, 2023

A man works in a shoe maquiladora or factory, in Leon, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 7, 2023.

U.S. Complaints Help Union Organizing Efforts in Mexico

It has been nearly two years since the U.S. started pressing Mexico over labor rights violations.

February 13, 2023

General Motors assembly plant, Silao, Mexico, Feb. 12, 2008.

Union Vote by GM Workers in Mexico a Test for Labor Rights

It could be one of the first truly independent auto labor unions in Mexican history.

February 1, 2022

Machinery sits at the Etheuss vetiver oil factory after it was made inoperable by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. Many of the factories that contributed to the multimillion-dollar industry responsible for more than half the world's vetiver oil used in fine perfumes, cosmetics, soaps and aromatherapy, are now inoperable.

Oxygen Plant Among Earthquake-Damaged Buildings in Haiti

It had the capacity to supply 40 oxygen cylinders per day.

August 20, 2021

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Scientist Nabbed for Russia Spying is Mexican Hero

The microbiologist also has wives in Mexico and Russia.

February 20, 2020

A farmhand harvests avocados at an orchard, near Ziracuaretiro, Michoacan state, Mexico. Avocado pickers earn an attractive wage for the region but the work is seasonal and so physically demanding that few can continue working beyond the age of 45.

'Green Gold' Brings Riches, Violence

Avocado growers are arming themselves with AR-15 rifles to guard against thieves and drug cartel extortionists.

October 23, 2019

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Mexicans Dismayed by Avocado Price Climb

Increased demand in the United States and a slight drop in production are to blame.

July 15, 2019

Assistant Labor Secretary Alfredo Dominguez speaks during an interview in Mexico City, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Dominguez said that a majority of the country’s union contracts are probably fake, pro-company deals that provide only minimal wages and benefits.

Official: Pro-Company Unions Will Melt Away

A majority of Mexico's union contracts are probably fake, he said.

May 15, 2019

In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives a press conference in Mexico City. Lopez Obrador said Thursday, Feb. 28, that wages should rise “but we shouldn’t create an atmosphere of labor instability.” He is now trying to close the Pandora’s box of wage demands he helped unleash when he doubled the minimum wage in border areas.

Mexican President Urges Reason

He's trying to close the Pandora's box of wage demands he helped unleash when he doubled the minimum wage along Mexico's northern border.

March 1, 2019

Mexican Union Declares Victory in Strike

The Industrial Workers and Laborers' Union won 20 percent wage increases at all 48 "maquiladora" factories.

February 12, 2019

In this Feb. 21, 2014 file photo, employees at work in the new multibillion-dollar Honda car plant in Celaya, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato. Many in the U.S. government, and even some in Mexico, say the new trade agreement reached in Aug. 2018, between the two countries will help increase the extremely low wages in Mexico's auto industry.

Trade Deal Won't Boost Mexico Wages

Activists say the only way to do that is for Mexico to change labor laws that effectively leave workers helpless.

August 31, 2018

In this Oct. 9, 2014 file photo, a woman is reflected in a Coca-Cola store window display as she drinks a Coke in Mexico City. Mexicans are among the biggest soda drinkers in the world, so residents of the southern city of Ciudad Altamirano were hit hard when first Coca-Cola then Pepsi closed their distribution centers amid drug gang extortion demands.

Soda Bottlers Flee Crime-Ridden City

Investigators say criminal groups may have been trying to extort money from the companies.

June 14, 2018

In this Friday, Dec.27, 2013 file photo, workers manufacture car dash mats at a maquiladora belonging to the TECMA group in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. In Mexico where the auto industry has boomed under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the industry has created a class of workers who are barely getting by. Many can’t afford even a used car, taking home as little as $50 per week after deductions for mortgages and cafeteria meals.

Employees Make $2/hr to Build $40K SUVs

The premise of the auto industry since the times of Henry Ford was that workers would make enough to buy the cars they produced, but that's not a reality in Mexico.

September 26, 2017