Mexico City. In the context of International labor day, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Thursday the start of the transition to a weekly 40 -hour workday in Mexico.
The announcement was given during a food in the national Palace with union leaders and representatives of workers’ organizations, where the president stressed that this change will be promoted through consensus and social dialogue.
He stressed that the reduction of the day will be part of a labor reform agreed with employers, employers, unions and workers.
“All these great reforms that have been made in Mexico have been by consensus and we want this to also be a reform by consensus. That is why today we open are the work tables,” said the president.
The president made it clear that it will be important to agree on a clear path to make this change a reality. “You cannot from one day to another, but the important thing is how we are going to do it and that it is by consensus, that it is an agreement that allows us to really have better conditions for the workers.”
Sheinbaum took the opportunity to reaffirm his government’s commitment to the labor and social rights of the Mexican working class, in tune with the principles of the fourth transformation: social justice, sovereignty and democracy.
“Someone will say, because maybe it is not the best moment. No, it is always a good time, always, to defend the workers of Mexico, always.”
During her speech, the president also highlighted the achievements of labor matters in recent years: substantial increase in the minimum wage, full recognition of labor rights with the disappearance of outsourcing, progress in decent pensions, union democratization, and new social housing policies for low -income workers.
The Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare, Marath Baruch Bolaños, said that on the instructions of Sheinbaum, the labor change will be done through a dialogue process, in which all the people involved will be taken into account. We will listen to the workers and workers, as well as the patrons and the patrons and the patrons and the patrons and the patrons and the patrons and the patrons and the patrons and the patrons and the patrons.
In that sense, the Secretary announced the call for national consultation forums that will be held between June 2 and July 7 of this year, organized by the Ministry of Labor in different cities of the country. Workers, businessmen, academics and other social actors will participate in them to jointly design the route to the new working day.
Bolaños emphasized that the reduction of hours does not imply loss of productivity or value generated:
“Reducing working hours does not reduce productivity or reduces the value generated. What it does is dignify the existence of workers, returning hours of their life.”
Finally, the official said that this policy embodies the spirit of “Mexican humanism” promoted by the current government:
“With this measure we will be returning eight hours a week so that they can use them as best suits you. We are convinced that putting this free time in their hands, will contribute to national development, to the well -being of their families and the happiness of each one and one of you.”
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