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      <title>Mexico&#39;s unions fight to stop anti-worker labor law reform</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[On Sept. 1 Mexico’s outgoing President Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) proposed a massive reform to Mexico’s federal labor law. The proposal would modify over 100 articles of Mexico’s labor law.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;Calderon’s proposal is also supported by president-elect Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), whose election is still being disputed due to widespread allegations of vote-buying and fraud. Both the PAN and the PRI are right-wing parties. Mexico’s labor law has some progressive aspects that were included in the constitution that was written in 1917 in the aftermath of the Mexican revolution. The current right-wing reforms seek to undermine those progressive parts of Mexican labor law.&#xA;&#xA;The proposed reform is being pushed quickly through the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, with a vote in the full chamber slated to happen as early as Sept. 27.&#xA;&#xA;Unions in Mexico are strongly opposed to the anti-union and anti-worker reforms and have been mobilizing massively to stop them.&#xA;&#xA;Among other things, the proposed reforms would legalize subcontracting and temporary contracting of workers to allow companies to avoid paying into social security for their workers; would make it easier for companies to fire workers; and under the guise of the “flexibility of the workday” the minimum wage and the eight-hour workday would essentially be gutted, though these are both supposed to be guaranteed in Article 123 of Mexico’s constitution. The new reforms would make it increasingly difficult for workers to retire with a dignified pension. They would make it harder for workers to take legal action against their employer. Finally and perhaps most importantly, the reforms would restrict collective union contracts, limit the autonomy of unions, and would restrict the right to strike.&#xA;&#xA;#Mexico #union #EnriquePenaNieto #PRI #FelipeCalderon #PAN #Americas&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Sept. 1 Mexico’s outgoing President Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) proposed a massive reform to Mexico’s federal labor law. The proposal would modify over 100 articles of Mexico’s labor law.</p>



<p>Calderon’s proposal is also supported by president-elect Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), whose election is still being disputed due to widespread allegations of vote-buying and fraud. Both the PAN and the PRI are right-wing parties. Mexico’s labor law has some progressive aspects that were included in the constitution that was written in 1917 in the aftermath of the Mexican revolution. The current right-wing reforms seek to undermine those progressive parts of Mexican labor law.</p>

<p>The proposed reform is being pushed quickly through the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, with a vote in the full chamber slated to happen as early as Sept. 27.</p>

<p>Unions in Mexico are strongly opposed to the anti-union and anti-worker reforms and have been mobilizing massively to stop them.</p>

<p>Among other things, the proposed reforms would legalize subcontracting and temporary contracting of workers to allow companies to avoid paying into social security for their workers; would make it easier for companies to fire workers; and under the guise of the “flexibility of the workday” the minimum wage and the eight-hour workday would essentially be gutted, though these are both supposed to be guaranteed in Article 123 of Mexico’s constitution. The new reforms would make it increasingly difficult for workers to retire with a dignified pension. They would make it harder for workers to take legal action against their employer. Finally and perhaps most importantly, the reforms would restrict collective union contracts, limit the autonomy of unions, and would restrict the right to strike.</p>

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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>MORENA protesta fraude electoral en Mexico</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Protesta de MORENA en Minnesota, 7 de julio 2012&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;San Pablo, MN - El Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (MORENA) de Minnesota organizó una protesta afuera del consulado mexicano aquí el 7 de julio, protestando reportes de fraude generalizado en la elección presidencial en México el 1 de julio. Hay reportes generalizados de compra de votos, irregularidades con papeletas, y otra clase de fraude. La protesta del 7 de julio en San Pablo coincidió con megamarchas a través de México y en el resto del mundo el mismo día.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;En la elección el 1 de julio, los medios de comunicación masivos en México y el Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE) rápidamente declararon a Enrique Peña Nieto como el ganador a sólo horas después del cierre de las urnas y muy antes del conteo de todos los votos. Peña Nieto es el candidato del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), el partido que gobernó a México por 71 años hasta el año 2000 y era conocido por su corrupción y violencia para mantener su poder al servicio de los ricos. El PRI negoció el Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norteamérica (NAFTA) con los Estados Unidos y Canadá. Cuando impusieron a NAFTA en 1994 eso resultó en la devastación de la agricultura mexicana y el empobrecimiento de la población lo cual impulsó una ola masiva de migración de mexicanos hacia los Estados Unidos. El PRI también es el partido responsable de masacres como el masacre de Acteal en Chiapas en 1997 y la del Tlatelolco cuando masacraron a una cantidad grande de estudiantes protestando durante los juegos Olímpicos en México en 1968.&#xA;&#xA;El PRI perdió elecciones por primera vez en 2000 contra otro partido neoliberal, el Partido de Acción Nacional (PAN). Si se mantienen los resultados anunciados en esta elección, la elección de Peña Nieto regresará al PRI al poder. Eso fue el enfoque de la protesta de MORENA, en contra de lo que tildan como la imposición de Peña Nieto.&#xA;&#xA;Andrés Manuel López Obrador fue el candidato presidencial principal en contra de Peña Nieto este año, uniendo varias fuerzas para intentar derrotar a los dos partidos neoliberales (PRI y PAN). La coalición de López Obrador incluyó al partido socialdemócrata Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) juntos con unos partidos más pequeños y sindicatos y organizaciones sociales. MORENA fue una de las nuevas organizaciones populares que López Obrador inició, con secciones adentro y afuera de México para movilizar independientemente para elegir López Obrador y seguir organizando por el cambio en México.&#xA;&#xA;López Obrador también fue candidato presidencial en la elección anterior en 2006 y según dicen los resultados oficiales él fue estrechamente derrotado en un contexto de reportes de fraude generalizado. En respuesta a los resultados oficiales de la elección en 2006, cientos de miles de mexicanos ocuparon el zócalo en el centro del Distrito Federal de México y rehusaron salir por varios meses, exigiendo el reconocimiento oficial de López Obrador como el presidente legítimo. En la elección la semana pasada López Obrador también fue derrotado con reportes generalizados de fraude e irregularidades.&#xA;&#xA;Mientras las protestas siguen en México, López Obrador también está siguiendo una estrategia legal para desafiar los resultados oficiales en base de la acusación de compra de votos masiva por el PRI.&#xA;&#xA;Protesta de MORENA en Minnesota, 7 de julio 2012&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;#SaintPaulMN #Mexico #MORENA #MovimientoRegeneracionNacional #AndresManuelLopezObrador #EnriquePenaNieto #PRI #Americas&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>San Pablo, MN – El Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (MORENA) de Minnesota organizó una protesta afuera del consulado mexicano aquí el 7 de julio, protestando reportes de fraude generalizado en la elección presidencial en México el 1 de julio. Hay reportes generalizados de compra de votos, irregularidades con papeletas, y otra clase de fraude. La protesta del 7 de julio en San Pablo coincidió con megamarchas a través de México y en el resto del mundo el mismo día.</p>



<p>En la elección el 1 de julio, los medios de comunicación masivos en México y el Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE) rápidamente declararon a Enrique Peña Nieto como el ganador a sólo horas después del cierre de las urnas y muy antes del conteo de todos los votos. Peña Nieto es el candidato del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), el partido que gobernó a México por 71 años hasta el año 2000 y era conocido por su corrupción y violencia para mantener su poder al servicio de los ricos. El PRI negoció el Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norteamérica (NAFTA) con los Estados Unidos y Canadá. Cuando impusieron a NAFTA en 1994 eso resultó en la devastación de la agricultura mexicana y el empobrecimiento de la población lo cual impulsó una ola masiva de migración de mexicanos hacia los Estados Unidos. El PRI también es el partido responsable de masacres como el masacre de Acteal en Chiapas en 1997 y la del Tlatelolco cuando masacraron a una cantidad grande de estudiantes protestando durante los juegos Olímpicos en México en 1968.</p>

<p>El PRI perdió elecciones por primera vez en 2000 contra otro partido neoliberal, el Partido de Acción Nacional (PAN). Si se mantienen los resultados anunciados en esta elección, la elección de Peña Nieto regresará al PRI al poder. Eso fue el enfoque de la protesta de MORENA, en contra de lo que tildan como la imposición de Peña Nieto.</p>

<p>Andrés Manuel López Obrador fue el candidato presidencial principal en contra de Peña Nieto este año, uniendo varias fuerzas para intentar derrotar a los dos partidos neoliberales (PRI y PAN). La coalición de López Obrador incluyó al partido socialdemócrata Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) juntos con unos partidos más pequeños y sindicatos y organizaciones sociales. MORENA fue una de las nuevas organizaciones populares que López Obrador inició, con secciones adentro y afuera de México para movilizar independientemente para elegir López Obrador y seguir organizando por el cambio en México.</p>

<p>López Obrador también fue candidato presidencial en la elección anterior en 2006 y según dicen los resultados oficiales él fue estrechamente derrotado en un contexto de reportes de fraude generalizado. En respuesta a los resultados oficiales de la elección en 2006, cientos de miles de mexicanos ocuparon el zócalo en el centro del Distrito Federal de México y rehusaron salir por varios meses, exigiendo el reconocimiento oficial de López Obrador como el presidente legítimo. En la elección la semana pasada López Obrador también fue derrotado con reportes generalizados de fraude e irregularidades.</p>

<p>Mientras las protestas siguen en México, López Obrador también está siguiendo una estrategia legal para desafiar los resultados oficiales en base de la acusación de compra de votos masiva por el PRI.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.snap.as/06vOOrM5.jpg" alt="Protesta de MORENA en Minnesota, 7 de julio 2012" title="Protesta de MORENA en Minnesota, 7 de julio 2012 \(Lucha y Resiste!\)"/></p>

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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>MORENA protests Mexican election fraud </title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[MORENA Minnesota protest, July 7, 2012&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Saint Paul, MN - The Minnesota chapter of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) organized a protest at the Mexican consulate here on July 7, protesting reportedly widespread fraud in the Mexican presidential election that took place on July 1. There are widespread reports of buying of votes, ballot irregularities, and other types of fraud. The July 7 protest in St. Paul coincided with massive protests in Mexico and elsewhere on the same day.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;In the election on July 1, Enrique Peña Nieto was quickly declared the winner by the mass media and the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). Peña Nieto was the candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the party that ruled Mexico for 71 years until 2000, and was known for widespread corruption and violence to hold on to power in service of the interests of the rich. The PRI negotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the U.S. and Canada. When NAFTA was imposed in 1994, it devastated Mexican agriculture, throwing millions into poverty and feeding a massive wave of migration of Mexicans to the United States in the 1990s and 2000s. The PRI was also responsible for massacres such as at Acteal massacre in Chiapas in 1997 and the Tlatelolco massacre of large numbers of student protesters during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico.&#xA;&#xA;The PRI lost elections for the first time in 2000 to another neo-liberal party, the National Action Party (PAN). If the currently announced election results stand, Peña Nieto’s election will return the PRI to power. This was the focus of MORENA’s protest, against what they call the imposition of Peña Nieto.&#xA;&#xA;Andres Manuel López Obrador ran against Peña Nieto this year, uniting several forces to try to defeat the two neo-liberal parties (PRI and PAN). López Obrador’s coalition included the social democratic Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), along with some smaller parties and unions and mass organizations. MORENA was one of the new mass organizations that López Obrador initiated, which built chapters inside and outside of Mexico to independently mobilize to elect López Obrador and to continue to organize for change in Mexico.&#xA;&#xA;López Obrador also ran for president in the prior election in 2006 and according to official results he was narrowly defeated, while there were also widespread reports of fraud. In response to that election, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans occupied the zocalo in the center of Mexico City and refused to leave for months, demanding the López Obrador be recognized as the legitimate president. In last week’s election López Obrador was again defeated, again with many reported reported irregularities.&#xA;&#xA;In addition to protests, López Obrador is also pursuing a legal challenge to the election results based on the allegation that the PRI bought millions of votes.&#xA;&#xA;MORENA Minnesota protest, July 7, 2012&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;#SaintPaulMN #Mexico #MORENA #MovimientoRegeneracionNacional #AndresManuelLopezObrador #EnriquePenaNieto #PRI #Americas&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://i.snap.as/ZFUqKPey.jpg" alt="MORENA Minnesota protest, July 7, 2012" title="MORENA Minnesota protest, July 7, 2012 \(Fight Back! News/Staff\)"/></p>

<p>Saint Paul, MN – The Minnesota chapter of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) organized a protest at the Mexican consulate here on July 7, protesting reportedly widespread fraud in the Mexican presidential election that took place on July 1. There are widespread reports of buying of votes, ballot irregularities, and other types of fraud. The July 7 protest in St. Paul coincided with massive protests in Mexico and elsewhere on the same day.</p>



<p>In the election on July 1, Enrique Peña Nieto was quickly declared the winner by the mass media and the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). Peña Nieto was the candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the party that ruled Mexico for 71 years until 2000, and was known for widespread corruption and violence to hold on to power in service of the interests of the rich. The PRI negotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the U.S. and Canada. When NAFTA was imposed in 1994, it devastated Mexican agriculture, throwing millions into poverty and feeding a massive wave of migration of Mexicans to the United States in the 1990s and 2000s. The PRI was also responsible for massacres such as at Acteal massacre in Chiapas in 1997 and the Tlatelolco massacre of large numbers of student protesters during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico.</p>

<p>The PRI lost elections for the first time in 2000 to another neo-liberal party, the National Action Party (PAN). If the currently announced election results stand, Peña Nieto’s election will return the PRI to power. This was the focus of MORENA’s protest, against what they call the imposition of Peña Nieto.</p>

<p>Andres Manuel López Obrador ran against Peña Nieto this year, uniting several forces to try to defeat the two neo-liberal parties (PRI and PAN). López Obrador’s coalition included the social democratic Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), along with some smaller parties and unions and mass organizations. MORENA was one of the new mass organizations that López Obrador initiated, which built chapters inside and outside of Mexico to independently mobilize to elect López Obrador and to continue to organize for change in Mexico.</p>

<p>López Obrador also ran for president in the prior election in 2006 and according to official results he was narrowly defeated, while there were also widespread reports of fraud. In response to that election, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans occupied the zocalo in the center of Mexico City and refused to leave for months, demanding the López Obrador be recognized as the legitimate president. In last week’s election López Obrador was again defeated, again with many reported reported irregularities.</p>

<p>In addition to protests, López Obrador is also pursuing a legal challenge to the election results based on the allegation that the PRI bought millions of votes.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.snap.as/06vOOrM5.jpg" alt="MORENA Minnesota protest, July 7, 2012" title="MORENA Minnesota protest, July 7, 2012 \(Fight Back! News/Staff\)"/></p>

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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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