Mexican Students Protest Labor Law, Seize 33 Vehicles Including Coca-Cola Truck
Published at 6:07 pm EST, October 5, 2012
Students in the western state of Michoacan seized 15 buses and 18 delivery trucks belonging to firms such as Coca-Cola and baking giant Bimbo as part of protests against a proposed overhaul of Mexican labor law.
The bill, which would facilitate outsourcing and make it easier for firms to hire and fire workers, was approved last weekend by the lower house and is now before the Senate
Sources in the state government said the delivery trucks were commandeered by students at the Rural Normal School in Cheran, a settlement of Purepecha Indians.
Besides the labor overhaul, the students were protesting changes to the curriculum at Mexico’s