An agreement for the future

In 1995, in the midst of a deep economic crisis, a historical agreement was created first between CTM and Coparmex, and then between the Labor Conference and Business Coordination Council. These agreements, which the government, in turn, as a major piece of recovery, led to the eleven principles of new work culture. A pioneering initiative was placed in the center’s dignity, respect for rights, obligations, and labor justice, at the same time encouraged productivity and dialogue between sectors. In this process, the voices of other important trade union organizations were also combined.

This vision highlighted the importance of morals, training and cooperation to improve working conditions. Learn about the need for Adapting to a globalized world and enhances the integrated development of the worker and his family. In this context, it was strived to maintain official employment as much as possible through agreements between social and economic actors. Consequently, a precedent was born from the agreement that allowed to face adversity.

Thirty years later, Mexico faces a new set of challenges. today, The global economic environment, which is characterized by obedience and uncertainty, puts pressure on official workers, and with it, on the ability to restore salaries that have been observed in recent years. This trend becomes clear when comparing more than 553 thousand jobs created a year ago with only 43,000 reported to reduce April 2025, according to IMSS data.

This panorama adds an increasing political polarization that eats the possibility of consensus. Dialogue between the government and the various political forces has been replaced by the permanent confrontation, which inflames the risks in an unstable international environment and prevents the urgent amendments required by the economic policy to attract private investment, enhance the rule of law and the correct legal changes that weaken certainty, as it is clear from the process of electing judges and suburbs.

Facing this panorama, Syndicate meeting and employers. Social dialogue at work: solutions for the future of work. This area of ​​major coincidences arises, such as defending Infonavit in late 2024, when uncertainty about resource management was created in individual workers’ individual accounts.

But the challenge goes beyond that specified condition. As happened in 1995, the window today opens to build permanent agreements that guarantee official jobs, work rights and commercial competitiveness. Honesty by Mexico, The agreement 144 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) establishes a commitment to encourage effective consultations between authorities, employers and workers as a basis for formulating social policies and work. This principle has shown its effectiveness in the main moments: reform on subconscious contracting, and triple integration in institutions such as IMSS, Infonavit and Conasami, is evidence that social dialogue can produce responsible agreements even between actors with various interests.

Moreover, in an indispensable country more than 54 % of the workforce in an informal, social dialogue is not only desirable, but indispensable. The transition towards formalities requires generating incentives, adapting regulations, facilitating compliance, and above all, Enhancing sustainable companies that can generate decent, fruitful and stable jobs.

In this context, signature Notes to create economic, social and environmental advice between the government, unions and businessmen, as a permanent advisory body aimed at adding the institutional character to dialogue and hardening the proposals of the productive sector and workers. This type of advice is already successfully successfully in most of the European Union and in the countries of Latin America, Asia and Africa. Its function is clear: generating an enlightened consensus that directs public decisions on economic, social and environmental issues. In Mexico, it will allow its creation expectations and correction of distortions and creation for long -term general vision policies.

until In a very recent statement, Pope Leo, in a very recent statement, stressed the renewal of the dialogue between capital and work, in the face of the moral and social challenges posed by automation, artificial intelligence and new models for economic growth.

Thirty years after the agreement that strengthened the new action culture, Mexico again before a crossroads. A mixture of economic risks, legal uncertainty and political polarization threatens to weak progress. Before this scenario, Social dialogue, the tangible expression of participatory democracy and the basis of governance must be known as a basic mechanism for rebuilding confidence, attracting investment, expanding formalities, and strengthening sustainable companies.

create Economic, social and environmental advice is a historical opportunity to stimulate cooperation between productive sectors and government institutions, which ensures that economic decisions do not only respond to immediate pressure, but also feel sustainable, fair and comprehensive growth institutions.

The process that is fair to realize the important and continuous work of the President of Coparmex, Juan Jose Sierra, who was able to add to the project to business leaders and union with weight gain and importance in the country.

History shows that social agreements are viable when there is political will and shared responsibility. Today, in front of a new crossroads, it is compatible with unions, businessmen and government to act with vision, high visibility and commitment to the future of the country.