Golpe - Us Labor, the Cia, and the Coup At Ford in Mexico

'Early in my research, a friend with excellent knowledge of the United Auto Workers internal operations told me, 'Dont give up. They are hiding something''Its 1990, and US labour is being outsourced to Mexico. Rumours of a violent confrontation at the Mexican Ford Assembly plant on January 8 reach the United Auto Workers (UAW) union in the US: nine employees had been shot by a group of drunken thugs and gangsters, in an act of political repression which changed the course of Mexican and US workers rights forever.Rob McKenzie was working at the Ford Twin Cities Assembly plant in Minnesota when he heard of the attack. He didnt believe the official story, and began a years-long investigation to uncover the truth. His findings took him further than he expected all the way to the doors of the CIA.Virtually unknown outside of Mexico, the full story of El Golpe, or The Coup, is a dark tale of political intrigue that still resonates today.

List of contents

List of Photographs

Series Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Prologue

PART I U.S. LABOR'S COLD WAR IN LATIN AMERICA

1. The Birth of AIFLD and the Coup in British Guiana

2. Labor's Foreign Policy Contested and the Military Takeover in Brazil

3. AIFLD and the Battle of Chile

4. El Salvador, Nicaragua, and AIFLD's Agenda for Central America

PART II EL GOLPE

5. Mexico in the 1980s

6. U.S. Auto Companies Move South

7. The Coup

8. The Strike

PART III TRACKING THE ASSASSINS

9. Detroit

10. St. Paul

11. Washington, DC

Conclusion: Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle

Appendix: On the Home "Front"

Photographs

Notes

Index

About the author

Rob McKenzie worked at the Twin City Ford Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota as an assembler, electrician and full-time union representative. In 1998 he became President of his United Auto Workers branch, and later was elected to the Minnesota State AFL-CIO Executive Board.
Patrick Dunne is a graduate in History from the University of Cambridge, with a dissertation on ‘The AFL-CIO and the Coup against Allende’.

Summary

True crime meets political thriller in an explosive exposé of US meddling in Mexico

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Dunne, Rob McKenzie
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2022
• EAN: 9780745345628
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4562-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Wildcat
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Mexico, Minnesota, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, True Crime / Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Automobile Industry, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Trade Unions, Espionage & secret services, History of the Americas, History of specific companies / corporate history, Espionage and secret services, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions