Labor indicators in Mexico and benefits for women
Labor indicators in Mexico showed a marginal improvement, with a decrease in the unemployment rate. Based on the ENOE, employment grew by an average of 306,400 people in the first seven months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The progress came from services, especially transportation, commerce, and professional activities, which offset weakness […]
Index proposal on reducing working hours in Mexico
The Index proposal on reducing working hours in Mexico considers that this should be done gradually and by consensus between the public and private sectors. The immediate precedent: the labor reform in Mexico proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum seeks to reduce the work week from 48 to 40 hours. It aims to improve workers’ quality […]
Agri-food trade: tariff advantages vs. labor justice
Agri-food trade between the United States and Mexico maintains tariff advantages and an upward growth trend. But how are workers’ conditions and labor justice in Mexico? In this regard, the National Food and Trade Union (SNAC) recognizes that Mexico is in a strategic position in the new international trade context. Agri-food trade Thanks to the […]
USMCA: 31 labor disputes under pressure from DOL and USTR
Under the USMCA, a mechanism has been invoked to resolve labor disputes in 31 cases through December 2024. In 2024, the White House Trade Representation (USTR) worked closely with Mexican trade and labor officials. Their objective was to ensure the proper implementation of constitutional and legislative reforms. These reforms call for the creation of new […]
U.S. conducts evaluations of Mexican labor reform
The U.S. government periodically conducts evaluations of Mexican labor reform. Mexico approved a labor reform on May 1, 2019. After years of debate, the new law seeks to strengthen workers’ rights. Evaluations of Mexican labor reform In the United States, the USMCA Interagency Monitoring and Enforcement Committee (CIL) continuously collects and evaluates information on Mexico‘s […]
Labor Inspectors in Mexico: Facts and Challenges
In 2023, a total of 665 labor inspectors in Mexico conducted 48,180 inspections in various workplaces. During these inspections, an unspecified number of violations of federal child labor regulations were detected. On the other hand, the labor inspection in Chihuahua identified 42 violations in this area. These findings were released by the U.S. Department of […]
USMCA Labor Success Stories: Goodyear, Mas Air and Grupo Mexico
The White House cited Goodyear, Mas Air and Grupo Mexico as examples of labor success stories under the USMCA’s Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM). To begin with, in May 2023, the United States asked Mexico to review whether the Goodyear SLP facility in San Luis Potosi was denying workers the beneficial terms of a sectoral agreement […]
Labor outsourcing: reforms in Mexico
What has been the impact of the reforms related to labor outsourcing in Mexico, according to the Mexican government? First and foremost, the Decree modifying various provisions regarding labor subcontracting in Mexico entered into force on April 24, 2021. With this, companies started with the employer substitution, which was reflected in a sustained increase of […]
Mexican migrant workers vs. US visa process
Mexican migrant workers challenged the US visa process under the Mexico-United States-Canada Agreement (USMCA), with the result included in this text. This case was condensed in a US congressional analysis as follows. The first USMCA labour complaint was filed by a binational coalition of civil society organisations, two Mexican migrant women and the Centro de […]
The Mexican retirement savings system
The retirement savings system in Mexico is designed both to improve the economic condition of Mexican workers and to promote long-term savings in the economy by providing financing for investment projects in both the public and private sectors. The independent retirement accounts of each worker are managed by the Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro […]