47679
2014-15
831
Human Rights Abuses In Mexico
Jim Sheridan
2015-03-03
That this House notes, on the occasion of the State Visit to the UK of the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, that continued violations of internationally accepted labour rights take place on a daily basis in Mexico, many of which have been carried out in an attempt to crush the National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union of Mexico (SNTMMSRM); further notes that the US State Department's 2012 Human Rights Report concluded that the Mexican government did not consistently protect workers' rights in practice; condemns the continued use of protection contracts in which many thousands of workers are governed by illegitimate collective agreements that they have never ratified, were never consulted on and in many cases have never seen; further condemns arbitrary denials of trade union recognition, limitations on the right to strike, and serious health and safety problems in the mining and petroleum industries; believes the existence of free and independent trade unions is essential to the functioning of any democracy; and therefore calls on the Government to make representations to the Mexican government to carry out fundamental reforms to ensure that Mexican labour law respects and enforces international standards; and following the complete exoneration of SNTMMSRM General Secretary, Napoleon Gomez Urrutia, of all allegations against him, that the government of Mexico will guarantee his freedom, safety and wellbeing when he decides to return to Mexico.
Human rights
Industrial relations
International politics and government
Latin America
Jim Sheridan
2015-03-03
Proposed
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Labour
Ian Lavery
2015-03-03
Seconded
Wansbeck
Labour
David Winnick
2015-03-03
Seconded
Walsall North
Labour
Jim Cunningham
2015-03-03
Seconded
Coventry South
Labour
Joe Benton
2015-03-03
Seconded
Bootle
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2015-03-03
Seconded
Islington North
Labour
John McDonnell
2015-03-03
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Grahame Morris
2015-03-03
Signed
Easington
Labour
Mark Durkan
2015-03-03
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
David Crausby
2015-03-04
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
Mary Glindon
2015-03-04
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Ian Mearns
2015-03-04
Signed
Gateshead
Labour
David Anderson
2015-03-04
Signed
Blaydon
Labour
Glenda Jackson
2015-03-04
Signed
Hampstead and Kilburn
Labour
Dennis Skinner
2015-03-04
Signed
Bolsover
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2015-03-04
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Sandra Osborne
2015-03-04
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Labour
Liz McInnes
2015-03-04
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Margaret Ritchie
2015-03-04
Signed
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Martin Caton
2015-03-04
Signed
Gower
Labour
Alan Meale
2015-03-05
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Lindsay Roy
2015-03-05
Signed
Glenrothes
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2015-03-05
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Elfyn Llwyd
2015-03-05
Signed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
George Galloway
2015-03-06
Signed
Bradford West
Respect
Jim Shannon
2015-03-09
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Roger Godsiff
2015-03-10
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Hywel Francis
2015-03-11
Signed
Aberavon
Labour
John Leech
2015-03-11
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Lady Hermon
2015-03-12
Signed
North Down
Independent
Graham Stringer
2015-03-16
Signed
Blackley and Broughton
Labour
Michael Connarty
2015-03-17
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Labour
Jim McGovern
2015-03-17
Signed
Dundee West
Labour
Chris Williamson
2015-03-18
Signed
Derby North
Labour
Katy Clark
2015-03-25
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour