Tag: Labor Complaints

US Files 3rd Labor Complaint in Mexico, on Behalf of Panasonic Workers

May 20, 2022
Business & EconomyCompanieseconomyLabor ComplaintsMexicopanasonic
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MEXICO CITY—U.S. labor officials asked Mexico on Wednesday to probe whether workers at a Panasonic auto parts factory were denied their rights, marking the third U.S. labor complaint under a new trade deal that aims to improve workplace conditions in Mexico. The request from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) follows a petition from a Mexican…

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Biden’s Solar Ambitions Collide With China Forced Labor Complaints

May 24, 2021
Asia & PacificbidenChinaChina Human RightsInternationalLabor ComplaintsPolicyPoliticsSolar AmbitionsUSUS NewsWorld
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BEIJING—The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced by forced labor. A big hurdle is polysilicon, used to make photovoltaic cells for solar panels. The global industry gets 45 percent of its supply from Xinjiang, the northwestern region where the ruling…

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