United States Seeks Mexico’s Review of Alleged Denial of Workers’ Rights at Industrias FG pbrouillette Fri, 11/13/2026 - 16:27 WASHINGTON — The Office of the United States Trade Representative has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review whether workers at a facility operated by Industrias FG, S.A. de C.V. (the Facility), located in Morelos, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The United States has suspended liquidation of unliquidated entries of goods from the Facility, which manufactures polyurethane hydraulic seals used in machinery that includes pistons. Background The United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) and the Secretary of Labor co-chair the Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement (ILC). On October 13, 2026, the ILC received a RRM petition from the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores de Industrias y Servicios “Ricardo Flores Magón,” a Mexican labor union. The petition alleges that the Facility has violated workers’ right to freedom of association and collective bargaining by coercing workers to support a union of the company’s choice; refusing to bargain with the duly authorized union; discriminating against workers due to their union activity, including through retaliatory dismissals; and otherwise interfering with workers’ union activities, including through interrogations, harassment, threats and misinformation. The ILC reviews within 30 days any RRM petition that it receives and accompanying information. After conducting this review, the ILC determined that there is sufficient, credible evidence of a denial of rights enabling the good faith invocation of enforcement mechanisms under the USMCA. As a result, the Trade Representative has submitted a request under Annex 31-A of the USMCA that Mexico review whether workers at the Facility are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The Trade Representative has also directed the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend liquidation of unliquidated entries of goods from the Facility. Mexico has 10 days to agree to conduct a review and, if it agrees, 45 days from today to complete the review. A copy of the request for review can be found here. A copy of the letter to the Secretary of the Treasury can be found here. Information about previous requests can be found here. ###