Abstract

ESCOBAR TOLEDO, Saúl. The Mexican unionism: towards a new social pact?. Economía UNAM [online]. 2019, vol.16, n.46, pp.241-250.  Epub June 17, 2020. ISSN 1665-952X.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fe.24488143e.2019.46.449.

This paper offers a very brief history of labor policies in Mexico during the last decades. It stresses the importance of “protection” contracts for outsourcing of foreign companies to Mexico although they suppress human rights. We think that the labor chapter included in the new trade deal among US, Canada and Mexico has coincided with the goals of the government elected last July, headed by López Obrador. Thus, the accorded outcome, a reform of the labor law, may lead towards a real democracy in labor unions, indispensable for a new social pact in Mexico, more inclusive and beneficial for the working class.

Keywords : Labor economics; Contracts; Trade Unions; Public Policy.

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