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 described as the great victories of the 4T in the labor sector.
“I commit to the workers of Mexico that we will continue to defend their wages and their labor rights because we know that when workers do well, businesses and the entire country benefit,” stated Sheinbaum, the virtual presidential candidate for Morena and its allies, while emphasizing that “for Mexico to continue progressing, we cannot change our course.”
Earlier, Sheinbaum led a meeting at the national headquarters of Morena with the nine state coordinators for the defense of the transformation, who will eventually run for governorships and the capital’s government next year. “In the 4T, we are united. We are with the people of Mexico to strengthen and advance this renaissance of public life in Mexico,” said the Morena leader as she shared a photo with the potential candidates and the party’s national leader, Mario Delgado.
During the CATEM Congress held this Wednesday at Arena Ciudad de México, Sheinbaum pointed out the formalization of the alliance with this labor union, having sworn in the first groups that the union called committees for the defense of labor transformation. The labor organization offered to form at least 10,000 of these committees as their “contribution to the transformation.”
In her address, Sheinbaum highlighted the “great victories” for workers over the past five years under the current federal administration, such as the increase in the minimum wage. She noted that this is not a minor issue, as for 36 years, the cheap labor of workers was touted abroad. “That’s why when it’s said that this neoliberal period is similar to the Porfirio Díaz era or is neo-Porfirismo, it’s because, in effect, workers earned less each year,” she added.
She also underscored the “union freedom” achieved through reforms in this area, expressing that workers share a common goal: “We do not want to return to the past of corruption and privileges.”
On his part, CATEM leader Pedro Haces spoke out against reducing the workday, arguing that it would lead to lower wages.
The event was attended by the governors of 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 Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services, and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur).
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