U.S. Targets Yokohama Tire Plant in Mexico

WASHINGTON, DC – September 27, 2026 (STL.News) The United States has formally asked Mexico to investigate allegations that workers at a Yokohama Rubber tire facility in Coahuila were denied rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining, escalating a labor dispute at a company simultaneously expanding production in Mexico after closing a longtime tire factory in Virginia. The Office of the United States Trade Representative invoked the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Rapid Response Labor Mechanism, or RRM, on Sept. 25 concerning Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mexico, S.A. de C.V. The action followed a petition alleging retaliation against workers involved in union

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