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Matamoros maquiladora wage strike wave 2019
Maquiladora workers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, struck from mid-January 2019 for a 20 percent pay rise and a one-off 32,000 peso bonus after the doubling of the border minimum wage left most workers behind. The strike spread to dozens of plants and most employers settled, with the union declaring victory in February 2019.
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Sources
- Mexican border strike nears victory, 44 of 48 plants settleAssociated Press (published via KSL.com)
- 30,000 workers go on strike for wage hike, closing 41 factories in TamaulipasMexico News Daily
- 'We won't be trampled on': striking Mexican workers vow to fight the fightThe Guardian