USTR 依据 USMCA 快速响应劳工机制要求墨西哥审查 Carolina Performance Fabrics 涉嫌剥夺劳工权利
United States Seeks Mexico’s Review of Alleged Denial of Workers’ Rights at Carolina Performance Fabrics
USTR 依据 USMCA 快速响应劳工机制（RRM）要求墨西哥审查 Guanajuato 州 Carolina Performance Fabrics, S.A. de C.V.（Carolina）是否剥夺工人自由结社与集体谈判权，并指示财政部长暂停该工厂未清算报关货物的 liquidation。2026 年 9 月 10 日，ILC 收到隶属于 Confederación Central Nacional（COCENA）的墨西哥工会提交的 RRM 请愿，指称 Carolina 干预工会活动并因工人试图组织 COCENA 而实施骚扰、威胁和非法解雇等报复。
WASHINGTON — The Office of the United States Trade Representative has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review whether workers at Carolina Performance Fabrics, S.A. de C.V. (Carolina), located in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The United States has suspended liquidation of unliquidated entries of goods from the Carolina facility, which manufactures specialized, high-performance textiles for the automotive industry.
Background
The United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) and the Secretary of Labor co-chair the Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement (ILC). On September 10, 2026, the ILC received an RRM petition from a Mexican union affiliated with the Confederación Central Nacional (COCENA). The petition alleges that Carolina has violated workers’ rights by interfering in union activity and retaliating against workers because of their attempts to organize for COCENA, including through harassment, threats, and unlawful dismissals. The ILC reviews RRM petitions that it receives, and the accompanying information, within 30 days.
After conducting this review, the ILC determined that there is sufficient, credible evidence of a denial of rights enabling the good faith invocation of enforcement mechanisms under the USMCA. As a result, the Trade Representative has submitted a request to Mexico under Annex 31-A of the USMCA that Mexico review whether workers at Carolina are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The Trade Representative has also directed the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend liquidation of unliquidated entries of goods from Carolina.
Mexico has 10 days to agree to conduct a review and, if it agrees, 45 days from today to complete the review.
A copy of the request for review can be found here.
A copy of the letter to the Secretary of the Treasury can be found here.
Information about previous requests can be found here.
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