The end of labor protection agreements

Note published on April 23 in El Mañana, Empresarial [Business] section by Juan Gilberto Banda.
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The report highlights that, with the Labor Reform, one of the greatest challenges of collective democracy was also established, considering that over 85% of all companies in Mexico had protection agreements.

The De la Vega & Martínez Rojas Firm presents the Reporte de Ingeniería Laboral D&M [D&M Labor Engineering Report] in which it analyzes what has happened in the Collective Bargaining Agreement Legitimation processes completed by union organizations before the first day of May of 2023.

The report highlights that, with the Labor Reform, one of the greatest challenges of collective democracy was also established, considering that over 85% of all companies in Mexico had protection agreements.

A proof of this is the low level of ratification of these agreements that, to date, and according to information from the Federal Center, reach a little over 15 thousand collective bargaining agreements, which barely surpasses 10% of those that are reported as being registered.

In this sense, this new reality is highly interesting, particularly in understanding the behavior of workers’ voting as well as what is going through people’s minds when they exercise their collective right to the legitimation of their CCT [Collective Bargaining Agreement].