US asks Mexico to review alleged denial of workers' rights at garment facility

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai chairs the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework meeting in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. May 27, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has asked Mexico to review whether workers at a denim garment factory in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Monday.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the request regarding a garment facility owned by Industrias del Interior (INISA), which was founded in 1975, marked the first such labor rights complaint in the garment sector.