“The T-MEC gives us the opportunity to take care of our people and we have to take advantage of it. The workers in our countries already benefit from the USMCA through greater prosperity that helps their well-being ”, he pointed out.
The ambassador highlighted that more than 13,000 Mexican migrant workers will receive $6.5 million in back wages, “money they earned with the sweat of their brow in the United States.”
“Thanks to the initiative of the Department of Labor of the United States and the collaboration with the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Mexico, this historic action to locate workers and give them that money will be possible,” he said.
The official reiterated that the treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada will bring better wages and greater protection of workers’ rights.
At the General Motors plant, in Silao, Guanajuato, by the end of this month, wages will rise more than 26% after less than a year of negotiations with the union, which was democratically elected by the workers, he gave an example.
Salazar pointed out that President Joe Biden is committed “so that the T-MEC is an engine that consolidates us as an economic power, in which workers and their families have greater prosperity and well-being.”
“We recognize the Mexican authorities, the workers and their representatives, as well as the private initiative for the fulfillment of the labor commitments of the T-MEC, since, by completing the transition at the national level of the new labor justice system, it is possible to improve wages and promote legitimate labor relations in Mexico,” he added.
