A New “40 Hour” Workweek… With Six Days?
Mexico has an opportunity to reimagine working hours & well-being: instead, President Sheinbaum’s proposal offers a symbolic reduction that leaves intact a 6 day work week & opens the door to 12 hour days.
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People’s Mañanera December 4
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on 7 years of the Fourth Transformation, new water law, new Attorney General Ernestina Godoy, traveling to Washington, US security cooperation, and passenger rail.
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Mexico City Fails to Control Airbnb Ahead of 2026 World Cup
Proposed legislation from both Batres’ interm administration & the current Brugada government has not been instituted: no one is monitoring property use & a digital registry that was supposed to be operational since 2024 remains inactive.
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A French Precedent for Mexican Workers
La France Insoumise’s popular proposal to nationalize France’s largest steelmaker can inspire Mexican workers to force the government to make strategic decisions in support of the workers’ struggle.
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Venezuela, Mexico & The Defense of Latin America
The passivity of Latin American governments regarding the criminal conduct of the US government in bombing ships in both the Caribbean and the Pacific has reached scandalous levels.
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People’s Mañanera December 3
Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. Previous press conference summaries are available here.
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Soberanía 87: AMLO Returns to the Public Eye
The reappearance of AMLO (who lives rent-free in the opposition’s heads), the resignation of Mexico’s Attorney General Gertz Manero, and the recent elections in Honduras.
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President Sheinbaum Proposes Her Timeline for Mexico to Reach 40 Hour Workweek by 2030
95 years after the International Labour Organization adopted 40 hours as a standard, Mexico, whose workers work the most among OECD countries, will finally adopt it.
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Mexico Raises Minimum Wages for 2026: 13% & 5%
President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the increase, which will bring the daily wage from $278.80 to $315.04 pesos and from $419.88 to $440.87 in the northern border zone.
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Morena Deputy & “Trade Unionist” Pedro Haces Establishes a Friendship Group with israel
The meeting was opposed by other Morena deputies who had squashed an earlier attempt to institute a friendship group with the genocidal, racist state.
