Wages: Reversing the Neoliberal Damage
Wages now make up 30.8% of GDP (4.1 points more than in 2018) and labor poverty fell to 31.9%: the Fourth Transformation reversing decades of neoliberal wealth transfer to those at the top.
Labor
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Mexico, One of the OECD Countries with the Greatest Real Wage Recovery in Recent Years
Real wages in Mexico rose 15.1% over five years, nearly triple the OECD average, while only the US and Canada saw their real minimum wage fall.
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Government Will Provide 36,000 San Quintín Families With 40,000 Pesos to Improve Their Housing
Beyond the housing grants, the plan regularizes land tenure and launches joint IMSS labor inspections of farms exploiting piecework day laborers.
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CNTE Agrees to Lift Sit-In in Mexico City; “We Will Return With Greater Strength,” They Affirm
After 19 days, the CNTE recessed its strike against the 2007 ISSSTE Law; Section 22 of Oaxaca approved the pause 12,818-3,594, framing it as a regrouping.
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Mining Union Denounces Drug Cartel Intrusion with Support of Transnationals
Mining Union attorney says Canadian and U.S. companies are calling in drug-trafficking mafias to break unions at Peñasquito and Camino Rojo.
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CNTE Will Again Block Reforma, from the Ángel to El Caballito
Day 16 of the national strike: contingents from six states gather at three points, with an afternoon forum on Pensionissste planned.
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CNTE Marches in Chiapas to ‘Keep Up the Pressure’ for Repeal of Education Reform and ISSSTE Law
Section 7 demands Sheinbaum take the negotiating table herself; rejects June 2 counter-proposal and calls for return to IMSS-style solidarity pensions.
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No New Talks Between CNTE, Segob, and SEP, Sheinbaum Affirms; ‘Tripartite’ Meetings Are Proposed in the States
Decision comes after CNTE sections voted over the weekend to keep the strike; government points to an August school-by-school Usicamm consultation.
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Historic Profit-Sharing of 1.5 Million Pesos for Each Worker at Peñasquito, Mexico’s Second-Largest Mine
Mexico’s Mining Union wins the largest profit-share in the country’s mining history: 1.5 million pesos for each of Peñasquito’s 2,000 workers.
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Michoacán Congress to Reconsider President Sheinbaum’s “Golden Pension” Reduction Reform
Workers and retirees believe the reduction in pensions violate acquired rights.
