Case No 2393 (Mexico) - Complaint date: 29-JUL-04

The Trade Union of Employees of the Electrical Component Manufacturing Company of Mexico S.A. of C.V. (STEMCEM)

Allegations

The complainant organization alleges: (1) refusal by the authorities to register the organization despite the fact that it has complied with legal requirements; (2) existence of a clause in the collective agreement of the MACOELMEX maquiladora enterprise with another trade union which makes membership of the latter union a condition for hiring workers and requires the company to dismiss workers who renounce membership or who are expelled from that trade union; and (3) dismissal of workers and trade union members during the process of establishing the complainant trade union, threats and intimidation by the company and acts of violence by members of the other existing trade union

Case No 2393 (Mexico) - Complaint date: 29-JUL-04

The Trade Union of Employees of the Electrical Component Manufacturing Company of Mexico S.A. of C.V. (STEMCEM)

Allegations

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