At the XV Ordinary Congress of the Autonomous Confederation of Workers and Employees of Mexico (CATEM) in Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Fourth Transformation, vowed to maintain what she referred to as the significant achievements of the 4T in the labor sector.
“I commit to the workers of Mexico that we will persist in defending their wages and labor rights, because we know that when workers succeed, businesses and the entire nation benefit,” declared the virtual presidential pre-candidate for Morena and its allies, stressing that “for Mexico to keep thriving, we must stay on this path.”
Prior to this, Sheinbaum hosted a meeting at the Morena national headquarters with the nine state coordinators for the defense of the transformation, who will eventually run for governorships and the capital’s government in the upcoming year. “In the 4T, we are united. We are with the people of Mexico to enhance and promote this renaissance of public life in Mexico,” remarked the Morena leader while sharing a photo with the prospective candidates and the party’s national president, Mario Delgado.
During the CATEM Congress, which took place on Wednesday at the Arena Ciudad de México, Sheinbaum noted that the alliance with this labor group is being solidified after she inaugurated the first groups that the union named committees for the defense of labor transformation. The labor organization has pledged to establish at least 10,000 of these committees as its “contribution to the transformation.”
In her speech, Sheinbaum enumerated the “great victories” for workers achieved in the last five years under the current federal government, including the rise in the minimum wage. This is particularly important, she remarked, as the country’s low-cost labor force had been promoted internationally for 36 years. “That’s why when we say the neoliberal period is akin to the Porfirio Díaz era or is neo-Porfirismo, it is because workers were indeed earning less each year,” she explained.
She also emphasized the “union freedom” attained through recent reforms, noting that workers have a shared objective: “We do not want to revert to a past marked by corruption and privileges.”
Additionally, CATEM leader Pedro Haces expressed opposition to the reduction of working hours, contending that it would result in lower wages.
The event was attended by governors from Puebla, Sergio Salomón Céspedes; Quintana Roo, Mara Lezama; Nayarit, Miguel Navarro; Baja California, Marina del Pilar; and Michoacán, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla.
Also in attendance 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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