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Hourly Wage in Mexico? Union Members Express Fears of Legislation
The hourly-wage portion of the new law seemed to crystallize the complaints for Torres and throngs of organized workers and professionals who were rallying on Thursday outside the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, ahead of the vote. If anything, it reminded union members how little workers make in Mexico’s economy.
Minimum wage in Mexico was raised 4.2% this year to 62.33 pesos per day, in the highest of three region-based brackets. For an eight-hour day, that comes to a grim-looking 7.79 pesos per hour — or about 60 cents.
Read More at the LA Times
Image: Woman holds sign reading “Hands Up, This Is a Reform.”
(Source: au-mexique, via thinkmexican)
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