This article by Jessica Xantomila originally appeared in the January 7, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. The National Union of Workers of Nacional Monte de Piedad and the company met again yesterday at the Federal Conciliation Center, but without progress in ending the strike that broke out on October…
Veracruz’ Dockworkers Union was one of the most powerful in Latin America, until privatization and union-busting took aim, handing the port over to businessmen like Carlos Slim.
After years of budget cuts, an increase in resources for the labour monitoring institution represents operational relief.
The call from the Caracas Congress for active solidarity and international unity of the working class against the global war of occupation unleashed by the terrorist US government is of paramount importance.
Only 14% of workers last year were able to access the full benefits of social security, while the union believes changes are insufficient to remedy the hundreds of thousands of workers in precarity.
Napoleón Gómez Urrutia said the union was very happy about ending the strike, which broke out in July 2007 due to serious failures in safety and hygiene, as well as labour violations by Grupo México.
Only 10% of drivers managed to reach the required income threshold to access the five insurances provided by the state.
President Sheinbaum has rejected corporatism and the bussing in of supporters, yet charro unions maintain a massive presence at government events in the Mexico City’s Zócalo.
José Baroja’s satire is, in reality, pure sociology: the expression of an economic order & labour regime in Mexico that normalizes long hours, insufficient wages, constant evaluations, identity loss and the sacrifice of a personal life.
Mexico City’s head of government announced the locomotive mechanic, trade unionist, communist and founder the Railroad Workers Museum will receive a tribute in May.