Aceves del Olmo Leaves CTM, PRI’s Labour Wing, After a Decade
The leadership of Mexico’s largest trade union federation has traditionally, and controversially, been a lifetime position.
The leadership of Mexico’s largest trade union federation has traditionally, and controversially, been a lifetime position.
The collective believes the action plan is a betrayal of campaign promises, and a threat to Mexico, its town and its common resources.
Workers in Obregón City, Sonora affiliated with Frente Unido Section 27, supported by SINAGA.
“We Mexicans stand in solidarity with the Cuban people, we stand in solidarity with all the peoples that the empire wants to crush.”
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.
Donald Trump added humiliation to his diplomatic Donroe doctrine of subjugation, not cooperation.
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.
“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.”
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.
The 57.7-kilometer journey between Mexico City and Toluca will take less than an hour and cost 100 pesos.