Currently in debate in Mexico’s Chambers of Deputies, articles 107 and 123 of the country’s labor reforms should soon go to a vote, which both seek to address freedom of association and collective negotiation as within the Federal Labor law and take account of Mexico’s ratification of ILO Convention No. 98 (freedom of association).
Freedom of association. A real mini- revolution is underway in the form of the right to join the trade union of one’s choice and both freely and confidentially elect trade union leaders. So why is this revolution so late in occurring? “State interventionist economic models until the 90s, followed by a low-pay based export model that was incompatible with independent trade unions,” explained Gabriela Besusán, Professor at the University UAM Xochimilco. However the US, concerned over the fact its
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