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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.