MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK -- Workers at a General Motors factory in central Mexico have voted to tap an independent labor union to represent them, replacing a long-serving union seen as too cozy with management.
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General Motors' Silao plant in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato. Workers there voted for an independent labor union to replace a long-serving union seen as too close to management. (Photo courtesy of GM)
MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK -- Workers at a General Motors factory in central Mexico have voted to tap an independent labor union to represent them, replacing a long-serving union seen as too cozy with management.