The National Union of Mining, Metallurgical, Steel and Similar Workers of the Mexican Republic, led by Senator Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, broke out a strike at the Arcelor Mittal company located in the state of Michoacán, arguing that the 10% of the profit shares obtained by the mining company in 2021.
At 12:00 noon this Wednesday, June 15, the workers gathered in the Assembly, after 40 days of negotiations, agreed to place the red and black flags, since they argued that 3,500 workers were affected by the refusal to cover the entire payment.
In this regard, the company regretted said decision “because, in addition to escalating the conflict, it will have an impact and serious consequences in the short, medium and long term on the labor and economic stability of the region of Lázaro Cárdenas, in the state of Michoacán, in the national production chain and in the country’s economy given the importance of steel as an essential input for countless industries”.
He explained that the company granted the equivalent of three months’ salary for payment of utilities, as established by the reform, “said payment was made in full and on time, as well as in strict compliance with the legal limit established in the Federal Law of Worked. However, the workers have demanded amounts higher than the legal maximum, arguing that it is unconstitutional, an issue that is not up to the company to resolve.”
In this sense, Óscar de la Vega, a labor specialist at D&M Abogados, argued that the strike is inadmissible, “from a legal and technical point of view, it should be declared non-existent, since it has no legal purpose. The fact that the company has paid the three-month limit for PTU referred to in article 127, section VIII, nullifies any legal violation in terms of PTU and, therefore, the assumption of the objects of the PTU is not updated. strike”.
He added that until a competent court rules on the unconstitutionality of the legal limit of three months, said provision remains in force “whether the unions like it or not,” so they must submit to this legal limit.
Likewise, he indicated that it is now up to the labor authorities to pronounce themselves strictly in accordance with the law.