New Labor Justice and Trade Union Democracy

Abstract

As a result of a process of legislative changes in the field of labor law, on May 1, 2019 the secondary reforms approved by the Congress were cemented in the Federal Labor Law, which is intended to enforce what was established in Article 123 of the Constitution, and thereby institute the bases of what will be the new labor justice system in Mexico. These modifications sanction the functioning of the Federal Center for Conciliation and the Labor Registry, the Centers of Local Conciliation, and the Federal and Local Labor Courts, in order to resolve labor conflicts in the country and establish the new rules in the fields of labor union democracy and collective law. This legal text was subject to multiple modifications, so this analysis has the objective of providing the reader with a perspective of the most important changes in the subject, which will transform the teaching of labor justice in our country in an important way and our culture of union democracy, by strengthening an effective collective representation.