On July 26, 2022, the Governing Board of Mexico's Federal
Center for Conciliation and Labor Registration unanimously approved
the General Guidelines for Union Democracy Procedures, which
standardize labor relations criteria for unions, companies and the
Federal Labor Center itself. This document, which has gone somewhat
unnoticed, addresses relevant aspects of union organizing and will
be mandatory the day after its publication in the Official Gazette
of the Federation (publication still pending).
The following are the most notable aspects of the new
guidelines:
- The guidelines are applicable only to the election of union
leadership and union sections, the execution of the initial
collective bargaining agreement or the revision of a collective
bargaining agreement, and not for determining the legitimacy of the
union itself.
