MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Workers at Volkswagen’s Mexico factory on Wednesday rejected a deal for a 9% pay hike, according to an official statement, voting for a second time against what would have become the country’s largest automaker raise in recent years.
The union for workers at the plant in Puebla, in central Mexico, had initially sought a raise of more than 15% to account for soaring inflation, from salaries that range from $15 to $48 per day.
About 3,450 workers had voted against the deal, compared with 3,225 in favor, Mexico’s Federal Labor Center said in a statement.
(Reporting by Kylie Madry and Sarah Morland; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
