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President AMLO pointed out that with the Labor Reform, the “cochupo” of union dues would no longer be allowed.
He reaffirmed his position of not intervening in the decisions of the workers’ unions.
The union leader of the Ministry of Health is Marco Antonio García Ayala, who was mentioned today at the conference.
Today, during the press conference “La Mañanera”, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was questioned about the dues union leaders charge affiliated workers; the Labour reform it would presumably end the practice if the workers want it.
It was pointed out in the case of Union of the Ministry of Healthwhich is in charge of Marco Antonio García Ayala.
Labor Reform would end with “cochupo” of union dues
Among what was said is that there are between 250 and 300 thousand unionized workers who are charged a fee of 2 percent of their salary, some earning between 160 and 300 pesos nothing more. According to this, the economic impact that this generates for the union leaders of stretcher bearers, nurses and general practitioners would be 55 million pesos per month.
Thus, every year, the nephew of Joel Ayala Almeida (who directs the FSTSE and brings together the other unions), would be perceiving at least 600 million pesos product of those quotas. However, this was not all that was questioned, since it was also indicated that the Secretary of Health, Dr. Alcocer, “delivers” 118 million pesos to said union in order to promote summer children’s coexistence programs and formats of cultural and sports activities.
When the president was questioned about this, AMLO pointed out the following:
“This is about union dues. In all unions, workers contribute to the maintenance of their union. At best this is the case. This has to do with union life, with workers. Also clarify, it is not as you point out, that Dr. Alcocer gives them a check. It is because the Government has to deliver as part of the payroll what corresponds to the union dues”
“Dr. Alcocer is an honest man. It is as if they did not have the right and he was a kind of ‘cochupo’. Surely it is something that is established in a collective agreement as in other unions. Now, if the workers do not agree, that they give them the discount, now with the new Labor Reform, the workers have to approve the collective contract. So, the workers have the possibility to say, we no longer want to put more dues, we do not want them to discount us for union dues and also seek an explanation about this”.
Given this, he was reproached for the fact that the union leader had been re-elected for five consecutive terms, labeling him as a “Romero Deschamps, but in the Ministry of Health.” Given this, the attention of the labor secretary, Luisa María Alcalde, was requested, who told herself “it seems that she lives at night and she does not realize what is happening with this union.
Despite what has been said, the President argued that, by bringing a case to the table without evidence and unawareness, he can undermine the credibility of “La Mañanera”, thus dismissing the accusations, this despite being informed that, allegedly, the contract union had ceased to be valid since 2020, according to the media spokesperson.
For this, AMLO pointed out that those decisions, including the re-election one, had to do with the unions themselves, ensuring that no one can be placed or removed arbitrarily.
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