In addition to medical, hospital, and pharmaceutical care, self-employed members receive benefits such as workers’ compensation insurance; financial support in the event of disability or death; retirement, old-age, and severance pay; as well as access to childcare and social benefits
Section 219 of Los Mineros have been on strike since April 2024, while the company has been accused of controlling and favouring a competing union FRENTE.
All the teachers’ demands are justified, and repeal of the ISSSTE would not just benefit all public sector workers, but all workers, says teacher Ángel Custodio Guadarrama in this interview.
The Parque Bicentenario concession, previously privatized by the Peña Nieto government, will return to public hands, with the Secretary of Culture and CDMX government ensuring there are no corporate events.
“The average real salary of a teacher is between 14 and 15 thousand pesos per month ($725-$775USD), which is totally insufficient to support a family.”
President Sheinbaum made the comments amid the striking teachers’ blockade of the National Palace prior to the morning press conference.
Reducing the workweek, pension reform, and eliminating taxes on benefits are some of the main demands that unions will raise during the International Workers Day march.
A working class that is divided, both within the U.S. and across North America, is easier to exploit. Corporations have greatly profited from our divisions over the three decades since NAFTA was enacted.