Morena Legislators Defend Gradual 40 Hour Workweek, Lack of Two Days Off
Mexico’s 40 hour workweek will only come into effect in 2030, critics say the legislation opens the door to 12 hour workdays and reduced overtime pay.
News Briefs
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White House Commemorates War with Mexico as Origin of Military Power & Territorial Expansion
Donald Trump added humiliation to his diplomatic Donroe doctrine of subjugation, not cooperation.
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Mexico’s Proposed Workweek Law Promises Triple Overtime, but Fear Rules the Workplace
Dozens of consulted workers agree on a pattern: overtime is not negotiated, it is ordered and refusing it usually results in veiled threats, shift changes, pay cuts or disguised firings.
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Morena and Workers Party Deputies Create Mexico-Cuba Sisterhood Group
“Access to energy is not a luxury: it is a basic condition to guarantee health services, education, water supply, food production and the functioning of daily life.”
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A Migrant by Any Other Name is a Migrant
Diego Alfredo Torres Rosete lived in the US as an undocumented immigrant for 20 years. Now back in Mexico City, he’s a founder of Frente Amplio de Mexicanos en el Exterior.
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“Historic Day” – Final Section of El Insurgente Train Inaugurated
The 57.7-kilometer journey between Mexico City and Toluca will take less than an hour and cost 100 pesos.
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San Quintín Workers Blockade, Sheinbaum Reprimands Morena Members: “Work more with the people!”
Farmworkers in the San Quintin Valley initiated a blockade to protest corruption in the San Quintin municipality prior to President Sheinbaum’s visit.
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Petróleo Mexicano para los Cubanos!
Solidarity protestors gathered outside of the former location of the Embassy of the United States on Reforma in Mexico City on Sunday, demanding that Mexico send oil to Cuba and expressing their disavowal of Trump’s recent assault on the island and its people.
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Mexican Anti-imperialist Front in Support of Venezuela Founded in Morelos
On February 7th, a national march for Venezuela will be held to demand the release of Maduro and Flores, and marches or rallies will take place in the capitals of each state.
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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press including Mexican oil for Cuba, the Pascual cooperative, negative view of US, Mexican gas dependence, US immigration policy, and Mexico City’s missing Utopias.
