6 October, 2009
IMF Mexican affiliates, together with members of the National Council of Metalworkers CNTM-FITIM, held a national meeting in support of the IMF global campaign against precarious work on October 7 in Mexico City. The aim of the meeting was to take stock of the disastrous consequences precarious working conditions have on workers. In addition, this meeting was in line with implementing an IMF 2009 Congress resolution on precarious work and the economic crisis. In fighting precarious work, IMF Mexican affiliates agreed on:
a) asking for the reopening of the IMF Office in Mexico to devise strategies and programs to reach out to more Mexican unions;
b) seeking the IMF support to an organizing campaign, including the presence of union activists in unorganized working places;
c) holding a meeting of IMF Mexican affiliates in Guanajuato, on 20 November 2009, to establish strategies and a program of activities for 2010 focusing on the fight against precarious work.