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- Title
Le processus de réforme de la loi fédérale du travail au Mexique, 2001-2003.
- Authors
Mayer, Jean François
- Abstract
This article analyzes the factors that led to the failure of Federal Labor Law (LFT) reform in Mexico during 2001-2003. In August 2001, the new federal government under Vicente Fox invited organized labor and private sector representatives to begin tripartite negotiations seeking to update the Labor Code. This process concluded with the introduction of two reform initiatives to the Mexican Congress by the end of 2002. Nevertheless, both projects failed to receive legislative approval. A brief second round of negotiations followed during the summer of 2003, but yielded few concrete results. There are at least three main factors which account for the failure of LFT reform. First, the lack of political will from Fox to see the end of the negotiation process took away the credibility of the initiatives. Furthermore, Fox abstained from officially granting his support to either of the initiatives, which would have considerably increased the legitimacy of the chosen proposal and improved its chances of being approved by Congress. In addition, Fox chose to continue an economic model that sought to maintain a weak labor force and perpetuate low salaries. Second, no political group held the majority of seats in the Congress, resulting in the lack of cohesion between them. Third, fractionalization of political parties in the congress weakened party discipline and led to divisions over LFT reform initiatives.
- Subjects
MEXICO; LABOR laws; REFORMS; LABOR; FOX Quesada, Vicente, 1942-; MEXICO. Congreso
- Publication
Labour, Capital & Society / Travail, capital et société, 2003, Vol 36, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
0706-1706
- Publication type
Article