Jared Laureles and Alejandro Alegría
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, December 4, 2025, p. 3
The representation of the labor sector before the National Commission of Minimum Wages (Conasami) and civil organizations recognized the 13 percent increase in the general minimum wage and assured that it will strengthen the internal market by increasing the purchasing power of workers.
However, they said, there are pending issues, such as eliminating income tax withholdings (ISR) for the lowest salaries and analyzing the compaction suffered by contractual workers compared to the minimum.
Paulina Gutiérrez, operational director of Citizen Action Against Poverty, insisted that the ISR tables have not been updated in accordance with the increases in the minimum wage in recent years, which means that workers who earn the minimum receive it in full, but those who obtain a few pesos more or a few pesos less are subject to withholdings, both from ISR and from the IMSS.
José Luis Carazo, representative of the labor sector, mentioned that another pending issue is the elimination of the Independent Recovery Amount, which is an amount in pesos that is added to the minimum wage to help recover its purchasing power.
Meanwhile, the private sector considered that the 13 percent increase and the agreement to gradually establish a 40-hour work week demonstrate that the tripartite consensus strengthens income without affecting the stability of formal employment or causing inflation.
The Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) indicated that the new increase allows the family welfare line to be fully covered, whose value last October reached 9,519.82 pesos per month – equivalent to two food and non-food baskets.
Francisco Cervantes Díaz, president of the Business Coordinating Council, stressed that the increase in the mini-salary will not cause inflationary effect or dismissal of workers, because the proposal was consulted with the Ministry of Finance.
Lourdes Medina Ortega, president of the National Chamber of the Processing Industry, commented that the sector she represents will comply with the decision, but it will be “complicated.”
Regarding the agreement to incorporate a 40-hour work week into the Constitution, Coparmex celebrated the announcement, because “it is a progressive scheme.”
The Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism recognized the government’s openness to a responsible and flexible labor reform.
