The new concession weakens regulations, the necessity of updating technology and opens the door to even more profiteering & union-busting by one of Mexico’s wealthiest billionaires.
With the passing of Enrique Ávila Carrillo, one of the founders of the CNTE, the democratic Mexican teaching movement loses one of its most committed intellectuals.
Unjustified collective dismissals could face fines of up to $475,636USD.
The state’s unwillingness to deal with criminality & union-busting at Camino Rojo means the Canadian corporation Orla Mining is laughing all the way to the bank, along with its drug-trafficking cronies who protect its interests at gunpoint.
As of February, 41.4% of all subordinate workers did not have a written contract, an increase of 0.7% compared to the end of 2025.
The trade union organization won’t be participating, but President Reyes Soberanis Moreno recommends organizations that do participate include his Congress’ logo.
Almost a month after the shooting attack on the picket line in which four workers were injured, the Secretariat of Labour and Social Welfare has not come to carry out any inspection.
The tire transnational remains intransigent on the 40 hour workweek issue and pending salary increases.
If it is confirmed that the Canadian mining company hired criminals to persecute its workers, the sanction cannot be limited to an administrative procedure, as this would allow companies to normalize fines as just another operating cost.
Workers at the Camino Rojo mine, owned by Canada’s Orla Mining, faced violence & threats from drug traffickers.