T-Mec panel confirms that canadian mining company paid cartels to threaten workers who wanted to join union at mexican mine
Posted by Spascucci@reddit | anime_titties | View on Reddit | 17 comments
NorthernerWuwu@reddit
I don't know this company specifically but keep in mind that "Canadian" doesn't mean anything really when it comes to mining companies. Resource extractors around the world incorporate in Canada because we have friendly regulations and excellent mining capital markets and legal frameworks.
CyanConatus@reddit
No... It doesn't work that way.
If it did cruise ships wouldn't care where they register their ships.
NorthernerWuwu@reddit
Of course they care, as do the mining companies that register in Canada. I'm not sure why some people seem to think I am saying that this is a positive thing, I'm just noting that the "Canadian Mining Company" part is somewhat deceptive.
We do provide more resources for mining companies than the Bahamas does for shipping but still, the "Canadian" companies aren't exactly headquartered in Canada for the most part, just incorporated here.
ThatOneGuy444@reddit
You're making it sound like Canada has positioned itself to capitalize off being a haven for bad corporate actors.
NorthernerWuwu@reddit
Are mining companies inherently bad actors?
We have expertise in the sector, as does Australia and America for that matter. We got there early though so Bay Street is a good place to trade their stocks and our legal sector is competent in navigating appropriate regulations, of which we have many. I assure you, if companies wanted nothing more than a name on the wall, they'd incorporate in the Bahamas or Ireland.
Freud-Network@reddit
Whatever governing body they function under should immediately seize their assets and dissolve their company. There is no excuse for working with crime syndicates and there should be no leniency given.
photochadsupremacist@reddit
Sounds like it is a completely avoidable situation from Canada's perspective. I feel like Canada is still to blame.
Acceptable-Device760@reddit
Nah, they want the benefits of hosting the company but not the consequences, in this case the stigma.
Acceptable-Device760@reddit
So... a Canadian company.
Diego12028@reddit
The Canadian healthcare must be going crazy. I'm glad they're enjoying it so much over there. 🥰
Anyway, I doubt that mich is going to gee better for the mining workers as such because it's not like the cartels care that much of the ruling panels. They still will coerce the workers against joining unions.
blackoutcoyote@reddit
It's not if that makes you feel any better haha. The conservatives are trying to defund our public healthcare.
But yeah, Canadian mining companies are notoriously bad. We aren't doing nearly enough to curb their bad behavior and I doubt the Carney government will improve things on that front :/
Acceptable-Device760@reddit
I mean... at this point you remove the assets of the company and prohibit it from doing business in your country.
Diego12028@reddit
Hahahahah, as if that'd ever happen!
LeGrandLucifer@reddit
Canadian citizens are dismally unaware of what our mining corps are doing around the world. They do shit which makes big oil look downright angelic. And our government does absolutely nothing to bring them to task about it.
PurpleMclaren@reddit
They should be charged with terroristic threats or some other charge at least but the Canadian government/justice system is an absolute joke.
They will probably give the cartel members visas/refugee status.
Spascucci@reddit (OP)
In its final resolution, the panel of experts confirmed that the Camino Rojo mining company acted with “approval” regarding the threats and coercion by organized crime against union workers. Additionally, it determined that the “actions of a criminal nature” are linked to labor matters, and therefore “can be subject to review” by this mechanism.
In the public version of the document, the panel of the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism reiterated that the Canadian company Orla Mining is responsible for “employer interference” in the workers’ union affairs, at least since April 2024.
The international investigation concluded that the management of Minera Camino Rojo allowed access to people outside the operation to coerce the employees’ vote. This case, which escalated to the highest levels of the USMCA, highlights the security and labor crisis faced by mining complexes in the central part of the country. Authorities from the United States and Canada have urged to the Government of Mexico to apply sanctions and ensure a safe environment for the exercise of trade union rights without the shadow of organized crime. With this ruling, the repetition of consultation processes and the immediate protection of union leaders who were harassed or unjustly dismissed are ordered. For Minera Camino Rojo, the implications could include the suspension of tariff benefits in their exports to the U.S. market if corrective measures are not implemented within a strict timeframe. Labor law experts say that this precedent marks a before and after in the monitoring of foreign investments in Mexican territory.
luvsads@reddit
Never forget what they took from us. CUMTA, my beloved