Mexico: 4.6% minimum wage increase after lobbying by companies trying to moderate remunerations to save jobs

Unions are expressing their discontent after this increased deemed limited, below the inflation increase curve. According to the commission in charge of arbitrating negotiations and defining increases, the priority is to save jobs. The legal pay threshold varies according to sectors and geographical zones. (Ref. 090008)
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The national minimum wage commission (CONASAMI), which answers to the Ministry of Labor, decided, after negotiations with the social partners, of an average 4.6% increase in 2009. This increase, enforced on January 1, is divided into three predetermined geographical zones which cover different regions in Mexico, from the richest to the poorest: in zone A, minimum wage will amount to 54.8 pesos (€2.9) per day; in zone B, 53.26 (€2.8) and in zone C, 51.95 (€2.7). This year, the percentages of inc

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