VU Manufacturing has shut down its maquiladora in Piedras Negras, preferring to deprive hundreds of workers of jobs than to negotiate a new contract with the independent union workers formed last year.
Author Archives: Charlie Saperstein
Charlie Saperstein is a labor activist currently based in Piedras Negras. He helped form a union last year at Seven Stars Bakery in Providence, Rhode Island, where he served as a shop steward and bargaining committee representative with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 328.