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February 12, 2019

Shhh! Don't talk about the General Strike in Mexico

By Josh Mitteldorf

Don't talk about the spreading labor revolt in Mexico--they might try it here!Mexican union apparatus, government scramble to suppress growing strike across Mexico By Andrea Lobo, 12 February 2019 A second wave of wildcat strikes continues to expand in Matamoros, Mexico, and is beginning to spread across the country. Sparked by the tens of thousands of workers at 45 maquiladora plants who rebelled last month against the pro-corporate trade unio ...

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Don't talk about the spreading labor revolt in Mexico--they might try it here!

Mexican union apparatus, government scramble to suppress growing strike across Mexico By Andrea Lobo, 12 February 2019


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A second wave of wildcat strikes continues to expand in Matamoros, Mexico, and is beginning to spread across the country. Sparked by the tens of thousands of workers at 45 maquiladora plants who rebelled last month against the pro-corporate trade unions, tens of thousands more are launching their own struggles after workers in Matamoros won a 20 percent wage increase and a $1,700 bonus.



Authors Bio:



Josh Mitteldorf, de-platformed senior editor at OpEdNews, blogs on aging at http://JoshMitteldorf.ScienceBlog.com. Read how to stay young at http://AgingAdvice.org.

Educated to be an astrophysicist, he has branched out from there to mathematical modeling in a variety of areas, including evolutionary ecology and economics. He has taught mathematics, statistics, and physics at several universities. He is an avid amateur pianist, and father of two adopted Chinese girls, now grown. He travels to Beijing each year to work with a lab studying the biology of aging. His book on the subject is "Cracking the Aging Code", http://tinyurl.com/y7yovp87.



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