Mexico border city auto workers gear up for union vote in trade deal test

FILE PHOTO: Mexican labor lawyer Susana Prieto leads a demonstration with supporters and workers outside an office of the Chihuahua state government in Mexico City, Mexico July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two years after workers at Mexico's Tridonex auto-parts plant began a campaign to replace a union that they accused of failing to push for higher wages, they will get a chance next week to elect a new group to represent them.

Tridonex's unlisted U.S. parent Cardone faced U.S. government scrutiny last year in one of the first labor complaints under a new regional trade deal after workers said they were being denied the right to freely select their union.