“Mexico to ratify ILO Convention 98 on Collective Bargaining”, 16 Mar 2015

International and regional trade union groups have welcomed a commitment by Mexican Secretary for Labour and Social Welfare…to ratify ILO Convention 98 and promote genuine collective bargaining. This is a first step to end the use of ‘protection contracts’…ITUC General Secretary, said “Protection contracts leave industrial relations wide open to corrupt practices, and represent a severe violation of freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining…We welcome the Minister’s commitment to look to discuss further legal reforms which we hope would put an end to this violation of workers’ rights which affects large numbers of working people in Mexico”…