International solidarity for Mexican workers
MEXICO CITY (January 8, 2010) -- CEP President Dave Coles at a news conference today denounces the repression of labour rights in Mexico including the government's action to abolish SME Mexican Electrical Workers and fire 40000 workers, and the four-year persecution of the country's largest independent union, Los Mineros. President Coles and Ken Neumann, USW Canadian National Director,are in Mexico this week for the ICEM's North Amercian conference.

MEXICO CITY (January 8, 2010) -- CEP President Dave Coles and USW Canadian National Director Ken Neuman visited imprisoned Los Mineros leader Juan Linares at the Reclusorio Norte prison. Later, Coles and Neumann also met with the Canadian ambassador to Mexico Guillermo Rishchynski at the Canadian embassy.