Workers Diplomacy & Bolivarian Brigades
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.
Labor
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Delivery Union Rejects Government’s App Worker Law Modifications
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.
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Mineros’ Leader Thanks Sheinbaum for Support Resolving Cananea Strike
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.
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Delivery Drives Say Mexico’s Platform Law Meant Drop of 56% in Income
Only 10% of drivers managed to reach the required income threshold to access the five insurances provided by the state.
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Mexican Unions Formerly Affiliated with PRI are now with MORENA
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.
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Cananea Strike Against Tycoon Germán Larrea Ends After 18 Years on the Picket Line
Severance pay, social security, and pensions for unemployment and widowhood are guaranteed for the miners in Sonora.
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Christmas Without a Bonus for 13.7 Million Workers
Mexico’s Scrooge-like employers evade their legal obligation because most employees are informal workers.
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A Bosses’ Trap?
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.
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The Needed Debate on Mexico’s Informal Economy
Millions of people in Mexico work outside the legal framework and without social protection, in activities that don’t appear in formal statistics yet sustain much of the country.
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A New “40 Hour” Workweek… With Six Days?
Mexico has an opportunity to reimagine working hours & well-being: instead, President Sheinbaum’s proposal offers a symbolic reduction that leaves intact a 6 day work week & opens the door to 12 hour days.
