In the Mexico Citythe minimum wage cannot be below inflation, this after, by absolute majority, the capital congress approved the minutes on this matter, becoming the first entity to endorse the initiative promoted by the former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
With 53 votes in favor, the draft decree reforming the first paragraph of the fraction VI of section A and a third paragraph is added to section IV of section B of article 123 of the Constitution of the United Mexican States, regarding salaries.
The paragraph establishes that in no case may salaries be less than the minimum for workers in general in the federal entities.
The president of the Board of Directors, Martha Ávilaassured that the reform protects the real salary of working people so that it does not lose its purchasing value due to inflation.
The Morenoist legislator He pointed out that this reform represents an advance for the working class and their families throughout the country, since it means the continuous improvement of the quality of life of people and at the same time, a better development of current and future generations.
Los deputies explained that with this reform, the minimum wage may not be used as an index, unit, base, measure or reference for purposes unrelated to its nature, and that the annual fixing of general or professional minimum wages or their review will never be below the inflation observed during the period of its validity.
Regarding full-time basic level teachers, police officers, National Guard, Permanent Armed Forcesas well as health personnel, must receive a monthly salary that cannot be less than the average salary registered with the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).
The coordinator of the PAN, Andrés Atayde, He celebrated the meeting to vote on the reform, stating that the parliamentary group would support the initiative, despite having been promoted by the ruling party.
Meanwhile, the morenistas pointed out that the policies of the neoliberal period implemented in the country prioritized the profits of a few over the well-being of the majority, while the wages of the working class remained frozen in the face of a cost of life that did not stop increasing.