Six Months of the Nacional Monte de Piedad Strike
While acknowledging that it has been difficult, trade unionist Miguel Ángel Pérez Ramírez affirmed that workers remain committed to fighting to defend & uphold their labour rights.
Labor
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Cananea Miners Over 60 Receive Monthly Payments of 9,500 Pesos
The money is part of the Justice Plan for Cananea, which aims to provide a measure of justice to workers who had been striking for 18 years.
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Menstruation & Workplace Discrimination
Although Mexico’s Federal Labour Law does not yet consider menstrual leave, four states do have menstrual leave for women workers.
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SINTTIA Denounces Fraenkische for Collective Bargaining Violations
Workers detected excessive payroll deductions and anomalies in the savings fund at the German company.
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In San Quintín, Agricultural Workers Pick for Northern Profit
Early morning starts, picking a kind of modern “red gold” that grows in the south of Baja California.
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Strengthening Tornel Workers’ Strike Fund, Promoting Work Stoppages & Coordinating Solidarity are Urgent Tasks
With four workers shot and an intransigent employer, the union needs widespread solidarity.
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Second Suspect in Attack on Striking Tornel Workers Prosecuted
What began as a workers’ protest escalated into an armed attack against those protecting the movement, with four workers shot.
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Nine Out of Ten Agricultural Workers in San Quintín, Baja California Don’t Have Social Security
“The separation between landowners, agricultural companies, and transnational corporations, combined with the multiple levels of labor intermediation, creates an extremely complicated context for workers.”
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Domestic Work: Social Security Earned, Compliance Pending
In Mexico, approximately 2.3 million people are engaged in domestic work, but incorporation into social security is stagnant and even has registered a slight decline since 2023.
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SITGM & Goodyear Reach Agreement on Wage Increase
The union secured a 5.8 percent wage increase for more than a thousand workers at the San Luis Potosí plant.
