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Newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, February 17, 2022, p. 8
Dissidents of the Mexican Union of Electricians (SME) called former unionized workers to recover this organization through the democratic way
and put an end to the reelection in the general secretariat, a position that Martín Esparza Flores has held for 17 years.
Rosendo Flores, from the Broad Front of Unity, pointed out that after the extinction of Luz y Fuerza del Centro, in 2009, They have practically destroyed the union and I have thought why not call everyone to rebuild it. It will recover, and we must; at that time we will have the opportunity to discuss who they are or how they make up a central committee that allows a return to democratic life, that there are no general secretaries for five years
expressed at a rally at the Monument to the Revolution before at least 8,000 electricians.
In a later interview, Flores commented that before 2009, guild life was one of discussion, struggle and ideological confrontation
that allowed agreements by consensus.
Today, he added, it is not possible because of the climate of violence against those who dissent
. And he expressed: there, if you don’t shout, Martin, general!, you just can’t speak
.
Martín Esparza Flores has directed the SME since 2005 and in 2020 he became religious until 2025.
Yesterday, the former workers were summoned to an informative meeting on the plan to support nearly 9,000 retirees, announced last week by the President of the Republic. Rosendo Flores clarified that the procedures will begin once the Institute to Return the Stolen to the People issues the corresponding call.
He added that the job reinsertion of the rest of the former employees is still pending, an issue on which they are also negotiating with the federal government.
