On July 31, 2019, the Official Federal Gazette published the
Protocol for the Legitimation of Existing Collective Bargaining
Agreements (the "Protocol") that was anticipated by the
eleventh transitory article of the Federal Labor Law Reform
published May 31, 2019, which stated that Collective Bargaining
Agreements had to be legitimized within four years of its
publication.
The protocol establishes the following process for the
legitimation of Collective Bargaining Agreements, which is
completely independent from the procedures for salary and clause
revisions filed before the Conciliation and Arbitration Boards:
1.- Until the Federal Labor Conciliation and Registration
Centers begin operations, the union with ownership of the
Collective Bargaining Agreement must give notice to the Labor
Secretariat (STPS) of the consultation with the employees on their
support for the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement. Such
notice must be given through the following website: h
