Volkswagen Puebla to Decide This Month On Possible Layoffs of Over 1,000 Workers
The German automaker is contemplating layoffs, despite receiving more than 197 million pesos in 2025 in support from the state of Puebla.
Labor
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Volkswagen Begins Push for Mass Layoffs in Puebla
The German car manufacturer has announced long weekends and staggered workdays, only weeks after a recent contract negotiation netted its union a modest 4% annual increase, leading to condemnation from the CTM union federation.
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CTM Warns 4% Increase at Volkswagen Will Impose Ceiling on All Auto Companies
Leobardo Soto Martínez says the recent agreement reached by SITIAVW with the company sets a damaging precedent for the automotive sector in both Puebla & the country
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Mexican & Canadian Labour Coordinating USMCA Approach
In September, delegates from the Frente Auténtico del Trabajo and the National Miners’ Union of Mexico traveled to Canada to meet with local unions to strengthen their ties and demand an active role in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Annual Bonus Bill Stalled
Morena Deputy Napoleón Gómez Urrutia’s bill to double the annual bonus received by workers appears to be MIA for 2025, along with any reduction in the 48 hour workweek.
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Trade Union Specialist Asks Government to Modify Digital Platform Worker Reform
Of the 1.2 million gig workers added to the IMSS by the new reform, only 133,178 met the threshold required to access social insurance policies such as medical care, daycare, retirement savings & disability pensions.
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What Propels Us Into the Streets for Gaza?
An interview with José Luis Hernandez Ayala of the Mexican Union of Electricians (SME) on the Mexican trade union movement in solidarity with Palestine, its organizing and demands.
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Morena Proposes Equal Pay, Salary Transparency Law
The law takes aim at the gender pay gap, with a mandatory application for all businesses and public institutions and would limit employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s salary history.
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Golden Parnassus Cancun Workers Strike
Hotel workers cited non-payment of savings funds, withheld wages and tips, undistributed food vouchers, and the failure of the company to meet its other legal obligations as reason for the strike.
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40 Years After the 1985 Earthquake, Working Conditions for Seamstresses Remain Unchanged
During the earthquake of September 19, 1985, 600 seamstresses were trapped under the rubble. After they formed unions and cooperatives, but nothing changed: working conditions remained horrible, & dozens of seamstresses were trapped in the 2017 earthquake.
