People’s Mañanera February 18
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Zacatecas housing, reform of gold-plated public pensions, Cuba, and energy sovereignty.
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Workers Party Proposes to Guarantee Two Days of Rest
The deputies propose to reform Article 123 of Mexico’s Constitution to guarantee the right of two days of rest for every five days of work.
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Workers To Take Over Matamoros Maquiladora
The plant is one of the auto parts factories linked to First Brands Group, which declared bankruptcy at the end of January after executive fraud revelations.
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Steelworkers Plan Parallel Trip to Mexico During Labour-Excluded “Team Canada” Trade Mission
The Canadian-American labour delegation to Mexico includes representatives of the USW, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center.
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Cineteca Will Conduct Assessment of Staff Working Conditions
An official responded three days after the peaceful protest by Colectiva Cineteca, which brings together 240 employees out of the 340 who work at the three Cineteca locations.
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Complaints about Bank Debt Collection Increase 21%
The main types of complaints were attempting to collect from non-debtors and acts of threat or intimidation.
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Mexico Says No to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ – Soberanía 96
Looking at Mexico’s balancing act between defending its principles and navigating relentless pressure from the United States.
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A Circus at Mexico’s Education Secretariat
The dispute is not a fight for the defense of public education, but a brawl between rival power groups for control and the collection of political rents from a pedagogical project that has not yet been born.
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A Bigger Plan
López Obrador’s fear of Mexico’s abrupt return to the right still applies today. The Brazilian case is instructive.
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Mexico Needs a Macroeconomic Policy for Growth, not the Finance Sector
While the Mexican government attempts to curry favour to receive preferential treatment in USMCA negotiations, it ignores the fact that the Trump administration violates all established international norms and makes decisions only based on US interests.
