“Dignified wages are not concessions: they are constitutional rights” – Striking Cultural Workers Respond to Mexico’s Cultural Secretariat
2,000 workers have been paid below Mexico’s national minimum wage for over two years, violating the law.
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CNTE Announces 72 Hour National Strike & March to Mexico City’s Zócalo
The class-conscious teachers union will also make “courtesy visits” to the embassies of countries who committed atrocities against Iran, to show their rejection of US imperialism.
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Workers Occupy Culture Secretariat, Demand 13% Wage Increase
2,000 workers have been receiving incomes below Mexico’s minimum wage for over two years.
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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.
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Kimberly-Clark, Pepsi & Truper Charge Truckers for Narco Blockade Delays
Corporations stop paying for trips worth 10,000 pesos and others try to charge 1,000 pesos for each hour of delay, even when it’s due to acts of violence.
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The Illusion of “Voluntary” Overtime
Mexico’s workweek debate must focus on the workers who have “phantom” families because their time with their children is consumed by the need to maintain their jobs. It is the two days of rest for these sectors that must be debated.
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Mexican Film’s Dreary Reality: Workers Announce Work Stoppages, Decry Informality
President Sheinbaum’s Comprehensive Plan to Support National Cinema arrives as public film workers raise the alarm over unpaid wages and illegal, informal labour conditions.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Proposals, Not Protests, says Tereso Medina, New Leader of CTM
The new President of Mexico’s largest labour federation made a contradictory speech, on one hand declaring the end of corporatism, and the other disavowing protest and vowing to serve Mexico’s productive sector to an audience which included COPARMEX’ President.
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Corporatism’s Dead, Long Live Corporatism
Mexico’s historic labour unions are trying to re-align themselves with the Fourth Transformation while the PRI continues sinking.
