Liquidation Suspended on Steel Components from Servicios Industriales Gonzalez

The U.S. is asking Mexico to address its allegation that the Servicios Industriales González facility in Nuevo Leon fired some workers for union activity; threatened the independent union Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Ramo de Transporte en General, La Construcción y sus Servicios (SNTTYC); and allowed Federacion Nacional de Sindicatos Independientes (FNSI) access to the workplace. Despite its name, FNSI is not an independent union, but rather is part of the labor union structure dating back to the early 20th century, which the U.S. says was in league with employers, not members, and led to wage suppression.

The rapid response labor mechanism complaint is the 21st since the USMCA came into force.

The company fabricates steel components, and liquidation is suspended on those exports until the U.S. is satisfied that labor violations have been remediated.