The State of Mexico is the federal entity that reports the highest number of collective bargaining contracts that have been submitted to a vote of the workers to maintain their permanence and comply with the obligation to eliminate protection contracts, as required by the commercial agreement with United States and Canada (T-MEC).
According to the report “The legitimation of collective bargaining contracts in Mexico: What have we learned so far?” presented by the Maquila Solidarity Network, the three states with the highest number of registered votes are the State of Mexico with 12.5%, Guanajuato with 11.9%, Quintana Roo with 8%; Mexico City, 7.2%; Nuevo León, 7%, and Aguascalientes, 6.2 percent.
It should be noted that in all entities the legitimation of collective contracts was different, among other reasons because the implementation of the labor reform has been carried out in a phased manner and this changes the way in which the process should be carried out; Furthermore, because the Federal Center for Labor Conciliation and Registration (CFCRL) had not fully assumed its functions, a fact that occurred on November 3, 2021.
In the states with the least collective bargaining procedures are Zacatecas, with just 3 voting processes; Guerrero with 4 events and Durango with 5 of the 1,300 that were reviewed in the recent investigation. Data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare indicate that there are 550,000 collective contracts in the country, which as of December had legitimized 2,749 collective labor contracts by more than 1,773 federal and local unions, through 6,299 consultation events. The specialists who carried out the research on this new process comment that “the success of the legitimation of the contracts will depend on whether the workers have enough information to understand the content of their contract.”
pilar.martinez@eleconomista.mx