Morena Sets Sights Against Autonomous Institutions
The constitutional reforms proposes the government absorption or outright elimination of several of Mexico’s autonomous organizations
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CJF Rules End National Judiciary Strike
The decision will end the judiciary’s prolonged strike that began on Aug. 21 over Mexico’s controversial judicial reform
Read moreMexico’s Judicial Branch Union Moves to Temporarily Strike
Mexico’s National Union of Renewal at the Service of Workers of the Judicial Branch of the Federation called for a day of non-work on Monday in protest of massive cuts to the federal judiciary’s trusts
Read moreProtest Marches in Mexico City Mark International Labor Day
While the workers’ protest marches filled the capital, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered a three-hour speech from the National Palace
Read moreUS Launches Second Labor Complaint Against Mexico
By KELIN DILLON Following U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to Mexico, where she tackled issues like labor reform, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh launched a second complaint against Mexico for its alleged violation of workers’ rights under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The officials allege Mexico has denied collective bargaining and free
Read moreUSMCA Stability Sorely Needed
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreSupporting Prosperity by Approving the New USMCA
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreNew Labor Central Kicks Off Under Gómez Urrutia
eNapoleón Gómez Urrutia, head of the Mexican Miners and Metal Smelters Union. Photo: veracruzenlasnoticas.com By RICARDO CASTILLO The wheel of fortune has made a full circle for Mexican Senator Napoleón Gómez Urrutia. In 2006, Gómez Urrutia, then — and still — leader of the Mexican Miners and Metal Smelters Union, fled Mexico Canada-bound, charged with a $55 million embezzlement of union funds. Had he
Read moreMexican Labor Law Faces 29 Proposed Legislative Revisions
By RICARDO CASTILLO Both houses of the Mexican Congress are about to embark on a rewriting of the Ley Federal del Trabajo (Federal Labor Law, or LFT). The LFT debate is expected to be multifaceted and particularly interesting, mainly because the administration of the current Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), will undoubtedly favor the exploited and beleaguered Mexican working class.
Read moreIf Approved, the New NAFTA Will End the Tyranny of Uncertainty
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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