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Growing gap between wages and food costs for Central American garment workers

The latest in a series of annual wage reports by the El Salvador-based Labour Research Team (Equipo de Investigaciones Laborales - EIL) highlights the growing gap between the cost of basic food items and monthly minimum wages for workers in Central America’s four garment-producing countries - Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. In a year marked by rising inflation and food costs, factory closures and mass layoffs, the report raises serious concerns about how workers will meet their basic needs.

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

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.

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