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CATEM Readies Bigger Worker Role in Mexico’s 2027 Elections as Pedro Haces Urges Members to Seek Office

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • CATEM Secretary General Pedro Haces urged Mexican workers to seek greater representation in elected institutions ahead of the 2027 elections.
  • Speaking in Ixtapaluca, Haces said workers should use their labour and social influence to shape political decisions and laws.
  • He called for investment certainty for employers, dignity and fair conditions for workers, and growth and legal security from government.

Pedro Haces Barba says Mexican workers should stop allowing others to speak and decide for them. The secretary general of the Confederación Autónoma de Trabajadores y Empleados de México, or CATEM, called for a larger worker presence in elected institutions ahead of the 2027 elections.

Haces made the appeal in Ixtapaluca, in the State of Mexico, during a national tour marking CATEM’s 15th anniversary. He described the state as one of the organisation’s major centres of strength and highlighted the participation of regional and municipal leaders, state federation officials and workers gathered for the event.

The workers are not only a labour force, we are a social force. Millions of women and men who make this country work every day.

· Pedro Haces BarbaThe CATEM leader described workers’ broader social and political role.

More than 40 federal and local legislators, municipal authorities, business leaders and CATEM representatives attended. Among them were Ricardo Monreal Ávila, president of the Chamber of Deputies’ Political Coordination Board, Senate President Higinio Martínez Miranda, Senator Enrique Vargas del Villar and State of Mexico Labour Secretary Norberto Morales Poblete.

Employers must be given certainty so they can invest. Workers must be guaranteed respect, training, decent pay and fair working conditions. And the government must create conditions for growth, legal security and development.

· Pedro Haces BarbaHe outlined what he said each part of the economy should provide.

“The workers are not only a labour force, we are a social force. Millions of women and men who make this country work every day,” Haces said. He argued that modern unionism should move beyond confrontation and define what each part of the economy must contribute.

Haces said employers need certainty to invest, while workers need respect, training, decent pay and fair working conditions. He said government should create conditions for growth, legal security and development. Looking toward the next generation, he added, “We do not live in the past. We work in the present to build a better future for our children.”

We do not live in the past. We work in the present to build a better future for our children.

· Pedro Haces BarbaHaces linked CATEM’s 15th anniversary to its plans for future generations.

As the 2027 electoral process approaches, Haces said CATEM must expand the presence of workers and labour leaders in public office. “For many years others spoke for us, others decided what workers supposedly needed, and others made the laws that regulated our work,” he said.

For many years others spoke for us, others decided what workers supposedly needed, and others made the laws that regulated our work.

· Pedro Haces BarbaHe called for workers and labour leaders to gain more representation before the 2027 elections.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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