Last year, the Union of Petroleum Workers of the Mexican Republic (STPRM) received an overall salary increase of 5.16 percent. The increase is divided into 3.4% salary and 1.7% benefits. But in addition, with its bargaining power, it has achieved one of the strongest collective bargaining agreements (CCPs) in the country.
Until 2020, 81.5% of workers of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) belonged to that guild at national level, the rest are passing staff who do not have the same benefits or rights.
Some of the prerogatives that apply in your CCT are:
Payments of more than double your salary
“The employer will pay 100% more than the tabled salary, plus 60% of the savings fund” when any of the activities listed in that article are carried out, such as construction or maintenance work at altitude and in extreme temperatures, exposure to gases and fumes harmful , repair of pipes in swampy places or in the water, cleaning of voice and telecommunication wiring, etc. (clause 63)
2. Arrest and bond protection
If the workers are arrested for carrying out their work or complying with the orders of superiors, the company must pay them their salary, travel expenses, as well as defense payments, fines or bail. (clause 77)
Guaranteed first trips
When staff have to move to a commission, the company will pay for a plane ticket or, failing that, a business class bus ticket, in addition to travel expenses, including laundry. (clause 87)
4. Benefit for permanent transfer
If the move is permanent, they will receive, in addition to the travel expenses for the whole family and the move payment, 100 days salary as a bonus. (clause 85)
5. Orthodontics for children
They are entitled to receive 2 187 pesos per year for the treatment of every boy or girl under 14 who needs this type of orthodontic care. (clause 99)
6. Payments for glasses
Every two years, the cost of mica or glasses for optical glasses is paid in full, plus 985 pesos for the frame, “which should be normal without being flashy in the opinion of the employer.” (clause 99)
7. External medical care
When workers choose to receive medical services that are not those provided by the company and are outside the worker’s place of origin, the worker will receive 1,400 pesos for travel expenses per day plus the payment of a proportionate share of their etes. (clause 99)
8. Death support
If the worker dies, Pemex will grant 140 days’ salary to the family for funeral expenses and another 5,000 days if it is the result of a work risk, in addition to other payments 30% higher in seniority premium, life insurance, pension post mortem examination and others. If the person who dies is the worker’s successor, he will receive 7,524 pesos as assistance for the funeral. (clause 127)
9. Spacious Holiday
From the first year of service, they are entitled to 21 ordinary holidays. After reaching the age of 10, they can enjoy an annual period of 30 days. The holiday premium is equal to 207% of tabled wages. (clause 142)
10. The highest bonus
The payment of the bonus is equivalent to 60 days of ordinary salary, it is paid between 1 and 15 December and for its calculation the average salary is taken into account with updated value to the current table from 30 November of each year. (clause 152)
11. Assistance for school supplies
The company will pay for the books, supplies and other items required by the daughters and sons of the workers required by the schools supported by the company or requested by the SEP no later than 20 days after the start of each school year. (clause 163)
12. Help for sports
Those who join the teams of different sports disciplines organized by the company will receive, among other things, uniforms, suitcases, shoes, protective equipment and towels. (clause 166)
13. Scholarships for continuous training
Pemex provides 1,800 scholarships to workers each year for their academic training in institutions recognized by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP). The monthly amount depends on the degree they are studying, but it varies from 3,000 to 5,365 pesos (clause 171)
The trade union in Pemex They have other benefits. In Minatitlán and Poza Rica, Veracruz, or in Madero, Tamaulipas, to name just two of the examples of workplaces, the housing areas are not close to the refining and petrochemical complexes, so most travel on union-owned buses. .
The services of fuel transportation, supervision, stewardship in the plants and even gardening are provided by companies formed by union members with contributions from the Pemex management.
Thanks to collective agreementworkers keep their jobs intact without being removed for months or years to a site other than the plant where they stop working, as happened in Cosoleacaque, Pajaritos or even the Minatitlán refinery itself, just south of Veracruz , during the renovations.
“Pemex gives you everything, or at least that’s how it was in my time, it gives you preparation, medical attention, salaries and benefits of a good level, everything, and even so. the unions they always had more, more control, more resources and less work, ”recalls Magdalena González, a retired worker from the state oil company’s trust regime.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx