Labor reform passes Mexican congress, draws Ivanka praise

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s lower house of Congress has approved a labor law reform aimed at ensuring workers can freely vote for their union representation and contracts.
The changes are needed to win approval of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, which was negotiated to replace the old NAFTA accord.
Mexico’s labor movement has long been stymied, and wages kept low, by pro-government unions that sign contracts and organize plants behind workers’ backs.
The bill