Weekly Report - 04 October 2012 (WR-12-39)

It is highly likely that President Felipe Calderón will reach the end of his term having achieved something for the first time in 40 years: a reform of Mexico’s labour legislation. It is not certain, however, that he will achieve the objective that has eluded his Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) in its 12 years in power: to curb the autonomy of the powerful labour unions, who handle millions without having to account for them and select their leaders in opaque, unsupervised proceedings.

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