Supporting Freedom of Association in Mexico

Will CBA legitimation votes eliminate protection contracts?

May 25, 2023 —

Photo: Representatives of the FAT and Colectivo Raiz announce filing of rapid
response complaint in Aguascalientes (Centro Cultural Aquelarre).

Four years after the launch of Mexico’s labour justice reform, legitimation votes on all existing collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) were to be completed by May 1, 2023. Mexico’s labour authorities extended that deadline to July 31, while requiring that unions register the dates of such votes by May 1. If legitimation votes have not been carried out or programed by May 1, or are programed but are not held before July 31, the CBA is terminated.

Mexico: New Voting Rights of Workers and Obligations of Employers

May 12, 2022 —

As part of MSN’s Catching Up on the Labour Reform series, MSN has published “New Voting Rights of Workers and Obligations of Employers under Reformed Federal Labour Law (LFT).”

Employer Guidance on Freedom of Association in Mexico

May 5, 2022 —

Mexico’s May 2019 labour law reform has opened the door to a new era in labour relations.

Publications on Mexico’s ongoing constitutional reform to the labour justice system

May 5, 2022 —

MSN has been working with our allies in Mexico to monitor developments related to the Mexican government’s February 2017 Constitutional Reform to the labour justice system and to encourage discussion and debate about the reforms and their implementation, as well as the implications they have for workers and employers.

Legitimating collective bargaining agreements in Mexico: What have we learned to date?

Dec 17, 2021 —

Common Wage Violations in Mexico’s Garment Industry

Dec 15, 2020 —

MSN Briefing Paper prepared for the Mexico Committee of the Americas Group

Common Wage Violations in Mexico’s Garment Industry provides guidance to international brands and manufacturers sourcing and producing apparel products in Mexico on wage violations that are widespread in the sector and how to effectively address them.

Labour Rights Enforcement in the USMCA

Jul 3, 2020 —

Photo: Alfonso Caraveo, Archivo fotográfico del Colegio de la Frontera Norte

In this briefing paper, MSN examines the strengths and limitations of the labour provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), known as CUSMA in Canada, which went into effect on July 1, 2020, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Do Mexico’s labour law reforms live up to commitments in USMCA?

Jun 1, 2019 —

On May 1, 2019, Mexico published its long-awaited reformed Federal Labour Law, which the Morena government promises will guarantee the right of workers to be represented by a union of their free choice and to have an active role in collective bargaining.

The lack of freedom of association in Mexico has been a major obstacle in negotiations for a revised North American Free Trade Agreement (now known as USMCA or T-MEC).

Will Mexico's new government make advances on labour justice? (September 2018)

Sep 20, 2018 —

On July 1, 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known by his initials AMLO) and his party, National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), won an overwhelming electoral victory that creates a new political context for the implementation of the 2017 Constitutional Reform to Mexico’s labour justice system.

Debate on Mexican Labour Justice Reform Continues as Counter-Reform Bill Suspended (May 2018)

May 10, 2018 —

Today, MSN published its latest Update on the ongoing debate in Mexico concerning the implementing legislation for the Constitutional Reform to the country’s labour justice system.

The May 2018 Update deciphers a complicated series of events that led to the temporary suspension of a counter-reform bill that would have undercut, if not totally negated, the spirit and intent of the February 2017 Constitutional Reform.

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