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.
A coalition of nearly 300 unions demand that the Mexican government sever diplomatic relations with israel, cancel the Mexico-Israel Free Trade Agreement and prohibit the purchase of israeli military & police security products and services.
The majority remain excluded from key rights such as general medical care, childcare, retirement savings, or disability pensions, despite the government citing enrollment numbers to celebrate job growth.
Mexico City’s Head of government celebrated the step as an act of labor justice: workers will now have social security, benefits, and peace of mind of formal employment.
Caught up in the ICE wave of arrests, migrant farmworker organizer Lelo Juarez knew that once detained, his only options were deportation — or deportation. An interview with the Familias Unidas por la Justicia co-founder.
The President promised the recovery of the the Coahuila steelworks would prioritize justice and payment for workers first, over creditors.
“It’s a way to distribute wealth in the country and improve the living conditions of Mexicans,” President Claudia Sheinbaum emphasized during a working visit to Zacatecas.
SIQAL allows individuals to report potential labor rights violations or accidents that occur in the workplace.
Monreal contradicted earlier statements which said the move to a 40 hour work week would start this period, implemented by region and sector.
There will be attempts to stop or dilute the push for a 40 hour work week, writes PT Deputy Gonzalo Gómez Alarcón, but the most important changes in Mexico’s history have emerged when organized people push from below.