Chiapas Congress Workers Demand Fair Retirement Benefits After Decades of Service

Workers at the Chiapas Congress are demanding fair retirement benefits, a cause they have championed for more than two decades. Representatives from the Union of Workers Serving the Legislative Branch and the Union of Employees Serving the State Congress voiced their concerns, highlighting that 39 employees who have dedicated between 30 and 37 years of active service have been neglected by the Legislative Branch.

One union representative emphasized the workers' pursuit of dialogue, justice, and legal certainty. "The years of service provided must be recognized, and I urge that together we build a solution that allows access to a fair, dignified, and legally based retirement," she stated. The protest has sparked a broader discussion about the urgent need to ensure legal security and dignified retirement for the long-serving employees of the Chiapas Congress.

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The years of service provided must be recognized, and I urge that together we build a solution that allows access to a fair, dignified, and legally based retirement.

The group pointed out that while the Legislative Branch enacts laws protecting the rights of women, disabled groups, indigenous communities, and the LGBT community, it appears to neglect its own employees' retirement rights. Among the current 69th local legislature's staff, 80% are women, and 27 of the demanding workers are of retirement age, with 10 being over 65 years old.

The workers are calling on the Political Coordination Board, led by Mario Guillén, the Presiding Board, headed by Marcela Castillo, and the Executive Branch to establish an institutional dialogue table. They aim to define the legal, budgetary, and administrative mechanisms necessary to resolve their pension and other labor rights requirements.

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Behind every worker there is a family, a sacrifice, and an effort that turned into a life story of labor service; today we ask that those years of work be recognized with a dignified retirement.