In front of members of the Autonomous Confederation of Workers and Employees of Mexico (CATEM), who gathered in Mexico City for their XV Ordinary Congress, Claudia Sheinbaum, National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Fourth Transformation, pledged to uphold what she called the significant victories of the 4T in the labor sector.
“Here, I commit to the workers of Mexico that we will continue to defend their wages and labor rights because we know that when workers do well, entrepreneurs and the entire country also prosper,” stated the virtual presidential pre-candidate for Morena and its allies, while emphasizing that “for Mexico to continue to thrive, we cannot change our course.”
Shortly before, Sheinbaum led a meeting at the national Morena headquarters with the nine state coordinators responsible for defending the transformation, who will eventually run for governorships and the capital’s government next year. “In the 4T, we are united. We are going with the people of Mexico to strengthen and advance this renaissance of Mexico’s public life,” the Morena leader expressed while sharing a photo with the potential candidates and the national party leader, Mario Delgado.
Meanwhile, during the CATEM Congress held on Wednesday at Arena Ciudad de México, Sheinbaum Pardo noted the formalization of an alliance with the labor union after she inaugurated the first groups the union referred to as committees for the defense of labor transformation. The labor organization committed to forming at least 10,000 of these committees as its “contribution to the transformation.”
In her address, Sheinbaum highlighted the “significant victories” for workers over the past five years under the current federal administration, such as the increase in the minimum wage. She emphasized that this is no minor issue, as for 36 years, the country’s cheap labor was boasted about abroad. “That’s why when it is said that this neoliberal period is similar to the Porfirio Díaz era, or is neo-Porfirismo, it is because, in fact, workers earned less each year,” she added.
She also underscored the “freedom of association” achieved through reforms in this area, stating that workers share a common goal: “We do not want to return to a past of corruption and privileges.”
CATEM leader Pedro Haces opposed the reduction of the workday, arguing that it would lead to a decrease in wages.
Attending the event were governors from Puebla, Sergio Salomón Céspedes; Quintana Roo, Mara Lezama; Nayarit, Miguel Navarro; Baja California, Marina del Pilar; and Michoacán, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla.
Also present were Francisco Cervantes, president of the Business Coordinating Council, and Héctor Tejada, president of the National Confederation of Commerce, Services, and Tourism Chambers (Concanaco Servytur).
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