Sheinbaum: 40 Hour Work Debate & Vote Delayed til February 2026
This article by Alonso Urrutia and Emir Olivares originally appeared in the November 24, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Mexico City. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum stated that she has not yet sent the reform initiative to Congress for the implementation of the 40-hour workweek because she is seeking the broadest possible consensus between representatives of the business sector and union leaders.
President Sheinbaum said that work is also underway on the minimum wage increase for 2026, seeking to reach it through consensus. She noted that in many areas, they are striving to make decisions by consensus with the stakeholders involved, as is the case with the maximum price of regular gasoline or the agreement with supermarket chains regarding the price of basic goods.
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Workers Party Claims Sheinbaum Electoral Reform Will Eliminate Party System
The socialist party’s leader recalled the democratic spaces that the left managed to conquer with the 1977 & 1996 reforms, a “fruit of countless struggles, repressions, imprisonments, disappearances and even armed uprisings.”
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Anti-FIFA Challenge: Football Defends the Territory
Mexico City residents are organizing Anti-World Cup Days to protest water theft and gentrification that have accompanied preparations for the World Cup, put on by the corrupt, international criminal consortium known as FIFA.
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Tridonex Strike in Matamoros to Start March 6th
1,300 workers are expected to strike, demanding the company fulfill its obligation to pay workers in full. Tridonex is owned by First Brands, the US autoparts corporation accused of massive fraud.
