Mexican Government Reviews Working Conditions in Public Media
The President ruled out any financial problems or a lack of resources to pay workers’ salaries, refering to the delay in paying salaries to staff of the public TV station Canal Once.
Labor
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Morena Disappoints: Teachers Get No Security
An interview with Eligio Valdes, General Coordinator of CNTE Michoacan.
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Subcontracted Personnel Fell 89.4% Due to Outsourcing Ban
Prior to the changes implemented during AMLO’s administration, outsourcing, which in addition to registering workers with social security with lower than actual wages also represented a form of tax evasion for companies, was a growing practice.
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Striking Teachers’ Salary Cuts Will be Reinstated in August
Deductions taken from the more than 12,000 teachers for participating in the recent national strike will be reimbursed in the second half of August.
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Protest at Labor Ministry Demands 40 Hour Work Week Immediately
Front members accused Morena of using the proposal to win votes in its 2024 campaigns and now wanting to use it again until 2030.
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Puerto Vallarta House to House Healthworkers Strike
35 workers from the Mexican government’s new preventative healthcare initiative struck after not receiving any wages for the entire month of June.
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Outsourcing Ban Improved Wages and Benefits
A study found Mexico’s ban on outsourcing increased workers wages and reduced precarity, despite ominous predictions from employers who resisted the reform.
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Marked by Violence, Promoting Peace
Migrant farmworker Maria Elena Valdivia is at the forefront of the fight against the US’ H-2A temporary visa program, a form of legalized human trafficking which provides the heavily exploited labor that creates American agribusiness profits.
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Passing It Down
An interview with Esmeralda Jazmín Alonso Guevara, coordinator of Casa Obrera del Bajío, where they organize to counter the historic attacks that capitalism has inflicted on Mexico.
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Over 14,000 Mexicans in USA Join IMSS as Independent Workers
In addition to medical, hospital, and pharmaceutical care, self-employed members receive benefits such as workers’ compensation insurance; financial support in the event of disability or death; retirement, old-age, and severance pay; as well as access to childcare and social benefits
