Judicial Branch Union Denounces Pressure for Workers to Stop Work

Gustavo Castillo Garcia

The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, August 17, 2024, p. 6

The Union of Workers of the Judicial Branch of the Federation pointed out that sectional secretaries and Members of the National Executive Committee have received calls or messagesand that some justice officials have threatened them to to show solidarity with the suspension of work which is projected against the approval of judicial reform.

The union reported that during a plenary session on August 14 and 15, in which it was analyzed the evolution and development of events related to the imminent suspension of work against the initiative to reform the Judicial Branch of the Federationeight union sections reported a general consensus among their members to participate in the strike movement.

As a result From the calls or messages received day after day by sectional secretaries and various members of the National Executive Committee, through which they were informed of the pressure (threats) by some of the country’s judges and trusted personnel, so that they would show solidarity with the suspension of work, it was agreed that they will be documented in order to take the appropriate legal action, before the corresponding authorities.he points out.

They await the content of the opinion

The union leader, Jesús Gilberto González Pimentel, reported that in the extraordinary session It was insisted that until the content of the opinion issued by the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies in plenary session is known and it is confirmed that our labor rights and benefits are untouched, the plenary session will decide on the measures to be taken, without ruling out the suspension of work as an extreme measure..

In the statement distributed among the union members it is mentioned that In virtue of the widespread concerns expressed by the working base regarding the possible impact on the judicial career, some sectional secretaries and the legal area of ​​our representation prepared an explicit proposal for reform to article 96, section II of the Constitution so that the reform is clear and express in this matter and sets out the need to equalize the opportunity of our members with that of external candidates, within the selection process of candidates to occupy a position as a judge and, from the time the aforementioned reform is in force, competitive examinations are held by the Federal School of Judicial Training..

He also pointed out that The legal department reported that it has already planned the defense strategy for workers who wish to go to work and not participate in the movement..