CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – At spate of believed coronavirus deaths amongst employees for U.S. companies operating along the border in Mexico has actually activated multiple demonstrations in current days, highlighting friction over which factories need to remain open in the pandemic.
Staff Members of Honeywell International Inc hold a protest to demand the regard of the quarantine to prevent infectious of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 16,2020 REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
On Thursday, dozens of protesters required a Honeywell assembly plant in Ciudad Juarez be closed to avoid the spread of the virus after a coworker died.
The company informed Reuters among the plant’s employees died this month after being sent to self-quarantine and get medical attention.
Car seat maker Lear validated “numerous” of its employees had actually died in the city this month of breathing diseases, while technology business Poly, likewise referred to as Plantronics, informed Reuters two workers in Tijuana died this week of unidentified causes. Objecting workers in Tijuana said the deaths were connected to the coronavirus.
Similar demonstrations requiring safe conditions or shutdowns with complete pay took place outside factories in border cities Mexicali, Matamoros and Reynosa in recent days after the Mexican government purchased non-essential industries to suspend operations.
” We desire them to appreciate the quarantine,” said Mario Cesar Gonzalez outside the Honeywell factory, which he said makes smoke alarms. “The manager stated that we are essential employees. I do not think an alarm is important.”
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