2,500 Unions in Mexico File Notice of Strikes
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY —
More than 2,500 unions have filed strike notices in support of demands for 46% emergency wage boosts to compensate for last month’s devaluation of the peso, Fidel Velazquez, head of the Labor Congress, said Friday.
The congress, a government-aligned confederation that includes most of the country’s labor organizations, has set a Dec. 18 deadline for striking unless the government agrees to the increas1697516033
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