{"id":974,"date":"2025-05-28T12:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/?page_id=974"},"modified":"2025-06-03T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:39:08","slug":"migrant-worker-women-and-the-usmca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/es\/migrant-worker-women-and-the-usmca\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrant Worker Women and the USMCA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Migrant Worker Women and the USMCA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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CDM is using the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as a mechanism to fight for migrant justice.<\/p>

In March 2021 we supported two migrant women, Maritza Perez and Adareli Ponce, in submitting the\u00a0first-ever petition against the U.S. under USMCA. This petition was signed by a binational coalition of allies led by CDM.<\/p>

Together, we\u2019re arguing that the U.S. government failed to live up to its obligations under the trade agreement by allowing systemic gender-based discrimination against migrant worker women.<\/p>

Read the latest about our ongoing effort\u00a0to ensure equity and dignity for migrant worker women in the first-ever petition against USMCA.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Recent Actions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Background of our USMCA Petition<\/b><\/p>

In 2017, CDM mobilized with workers, unions and allied organizations from Mexico, the United States and Canada around the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). These efforts resulted in the USMCA \u2014 an updated agreement that includes an enforceable Labor Chapter that explicitly protects migrant workers and migrant worker women.\u00a0<\/p>

On March 24, 2021, CDM supported two migrant worker women in filing the first public communication against the U.S. government under the USMCA. The petition argues that the U.S. government is\u00a0 facilitating employers\u2019\u00a0 illegal hiring practices by failing to enforce its anti-discrimination laws.\u00a0<\/p>

Since then we have spent almost two years mobilizing allies and workers, meeting with dozens of government officials from Mexico and the United States and submitting supplementary filings documenting the ongoing discrimination and gender-based violence perpetrated against migrant women.<\/p>

We have yet to receive an official response from the United States government. However in January 2023, several of migrant women\u2019s demands were answered in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the US and Mexico, which directly reflects many of our recommendations. Some key provisions include:<\/p>

  • Prohibiting discrimination in recruitment<\/li>
  • Making gender-related data publicly available<\/li>
  • Increasing access to justice for migrant workers and ensuring they receive their compensation.<\/li>
  • Providing pre-departure rights education to migrant workers<\/li><\/ul>

    This is a tremendous step forward in our fight to end\u00a0 discrimination against migrant women. We will keep fighting alongside our allies,\u00a0 Maritza and Adareli, and all migrant worker women until the petition is resolved and these provisions are implemented.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Migrant Worker Women and the USMCA CDM is using the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as a mechanism to fight for migrant justice. In March 2021 we supported two migrant women, Maritza Perez and Adareli Ponce, in submitting the\u00a0first-ever petition against the U.S. under USMCA. This petition was signed by a binational coalition of allies led […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-974","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1346,"href":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974\/revisions\/1346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdm.lebuinco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}