BOYLE STATEMENT ON USMCA COMPLAINT FILED BY AFL-CIO AGAINST TRIDONEX

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement in response to the first complaint filed under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement's (USMCA) Rapid Response Labor Mechanism:

"The USMCA's Rapid Response Labor Mechanism that will be utilized in this complaint will provide new and aggressive enforcement mechanisms to support workers. Public reports detail mass firings, forced resignations and intimidation as only a few of the egregious practices Tridonex engaged in against its own employees. Businesses practices like these only serve to weaken our economy while diminishing basic labor rights and human dignity. I am proud of the work of House Democrats to improve upon the USMCA with this new mechanism in order to bring workers to the table as they seek the justice they duly deserve. I urge the Biden Administration to use the resources we in Congress have provided under the USMCA Implementing Act to aggressively enforce the agreement. We expect that this complaint will be the first of many."