Protest greets Mexican officials on recruiting trip to Dallas

August 25, 2010 in Hire Us America, Homepage, Neighborhood Announcements, Recent News, UCubed Announcements by Kiley Hernandez

Protesters at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel on Tuesday included, from left, Paul Black, Ashley Avilar, Robert Martinez and Dylan Ward.

DALLAS — Mexican government and business officials came to Texas on an aviation industry recruiting trip Tuesday, only to be greeted by union workers protesting job losses.

About 30 union members and officials, mostly from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, picketed outside the downtown Dallas Sheraton, where the aviation conference was held.

American aviation, aerospace and defense companies have been sending work to Mexico since the 1980s, costing thousands of jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth, said Jody Jack, president of Machinists union Local 776B, which represents Lockheed Martin production workers in Fort Worth.

Read more: Star-Telegram

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