As Workers Win Victories in Mexico, It’s Important to Remember Past Machinations Against Them
Kim Scipes - 2
Mexico’s reenergized labor movement should be leery of AFL-CIO cooptation and CIA infiltration following long historical pattern
In early February, workers at a General Motors plant in Silao, a town in central Mexico, won an important victory by establishing an independent union. Rob McKenzie’s (assisted by Patrick Dunne) new...
CIA Spied on Mexican Revolutionary Workers Party, Interfered in Union Elections and Collaborated With Anti-Union Thugs Who Broke Up Strike at Ford Cuautitlán Assembly Plant Thirty-Three Years Ago
Rob McKenzie - 2
Growing strength of independent Mexican labor movement today draws on legacy of striking Ford workers.
In the pre-dawn darkness outside Mexico City, in the dim light created by streetlamps, a group of about 300 thugs and tough guys prepare to enter the Ford Cuautitlán Assembly Plant. They are men willing...
Harry Bridges made his mark as leader of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for more than 40 years, surviving FBI harassment and efforts to deport him.
His fusion of union leadership with the rank and file and outspoken opposition to U.S. imperial foreign policies provide a model that...


