Dockworkers Demand Justice 35 Years After Salinas, Carlos Slim Rip-Off
Veracruz’ Dockworkers Union was one of the most powerful in Latin America, until privatization and union-busting took aim, handing the port over to businessmen like Carlos Slim.
Veracruz’ Dockworkers Union was one of the most powerful in Latin America, until privatization and union-busting took aim, handing the port over to businessmen like Carlos Slim.
After years of budget cuts, an increase in resources for the labour monitoring institution represents operational relief.
The call from the Caracas Congress for active solidarity and international unity of the working class against the global war of occupation unleashed by the terrorist US government is of paramount importance.
Only 14% of workers last year were able to access the full benefits of social security, while the union believes changes are insufficient to remedy the hundreds of thousands of workers in precarity.
Napoleón Gómez Urrutia said the union was very happy about ending the strike, which broke out in July 2007 due to serious failures in safety and hygiene, as well as labour violations by Grupo México.
Only 10% of drivers managed to reach the required income threshold to access the five insurances provided by the state.
President Sheinbaum has rejected corporatism and the bussing in of supporters, yet charro unions maintain a massive presence at government events in the Mexico City’s Zócalo.
Severance pay, social security, and pensions for unemployment and widowhood are guaranteed for the miners in Sonora.
Mexico’s Scrooge-like employers evade their legal obligation because most employees are informal workers.
Mexico’s much-touted 40 hour workweek reform does not bring about a real reduction in the working day; on the contrary, it will become a more effective tool of exploitation and is an initiative designed for the benefit of employers and against the dignity of workers.