Posted by: Mexican Electricians Union
The policies implemented by the administration of Felipe Calderón keep the country on the brink of collapse. Neoliberal strategies driven from outside and from within the dominant political class are responsible for the economic, political and social. For our Movement, Therefore, it is urgent to continue the struggle initiated 4 years ago to change the direction of the economy and democratize our nation under the following considerations:
1. The effects of systemic crisis was the result of the confluence of the food crisis, environmental crisis, the energy crisis and financial crisis, far from having been overcome, despite moderate economic growth last year, the power and influence multinational capital, large agribusiness companies and corporate partners has strengthened the regime, in contrast, the deteriorating remains the Mexican countryside, while the levels of welfare of the majority of Mexicans continued to decline and poverty rates have worsened. Food poverty is already affecting 18.2% of the population, about 7 million young people not in education or work, approximately 60% of working age people survive in the informal economy while 28.4 million Mexicans lack of social security .
2. The crisis worsened the structural problems that had been dragging a productive affected by adjustment policies that keep the market depressed internal, aggravating food crisis. Such is the case of unemployment, according to official figures, the unemployment rate in 2010 represents slightly less than 5% of the economically active population (2.3 million), a figure which may rise to 17% if we apply the methodology ILO to measure this indicator. It is estimated that just solving the unmet demand for employment in the last 10 years would be to create at least 4 million new jobs.
3. The shortage that has arisen repeatedly in recent years has drastically eroded the purchasing power of wages, it has influenced factors such as national and international food crisis or gradual increases since 2009, apply to gasoline and diesel, which exert a multiplier effect on prices of various goods and services. One of the most affected by recent price hikes is that of workers earning between one and three minimum wages and they spend 63% of their meager income on food and transportation costs. Between 2000 and 2009, basic food items like sugar and beans are more expensive 169 and 142%, respectively, while wages rose just 51.4%. The high cost of earlier this year, smashed the tiny increase in minimum wages, will worsen the possible gains to the corn and other staples experience due to the global food shortage.
4. Public finances, meanwhile, face a marked weakening due to the shrinking domestic market and an inequitable tax system, which implies the latent risk of collapse if, as many analysts predict, an increase in interest rates servicing the public debt over the past four years grew by 90.7% as at November 2010 the amount reached 4 billion 450 billion pesos.
5. In the area of \u200b\u200buncertainty, multiply the daily execution reports related to the work of organized crime and the systematic violation of human rights by the Navy, Police and Army. Whole regions of the country live in uncertainty or controlled by criminal groups. There is a marked deterioration in the state's ability to meet their most basic responsibilities and enforce the rule of law thereby reinforces the breakdown of the economy and inhibit the investments the country needs.
6. The resurgence of the spiral of violence evident failure of the war against drug trafficking which leads the federal government. Worse still, under it and the partisan use and corruption of the justice system have high cases of human rights violations of the population, and the criminalization of social protest expressed in the persecution, murder and imprisonment various leaders and social activists. In organizations such as Chihuahua, to cite just one case, outraged the murders of Susan Chavez, Marisela Escobedo and Josefina Reyes, were prominent activists in the struggle for rights civilians in an entity in which aberrant phenomena as femicide or executions of innocent citizens have become everyday occurrences. Our movement condemns these acts, demands punishment for the perpetrators and masterminds of these crimes and added its voice to those individuals and citizens leading the campaign in Mexico is enough blood!
7. The government has taken a clear defense of business interests, particularly that of television. Proof of this are: the fraudulent bankruptcy of Mexicana de Aviacion, the controversial tender 21 of the radio spectrum, arbitrary and unconstitutional dissolution of Luz y Fuerza del Centro and Mining conflict which has lasted 5 years of resistance against repression and political persecution by the federal government. We demand comprehensive solution to these conflicts, particularly the mining case. The attempt to promote business opportunities for individuals at the expense of the rights of workers and the nation, has prevented that are being resolved peacefully and with full respect for social rights acquired, which has given rise to new problems about unresolved conflicts, such as having to do with an explosion of electricity in the previous work area LyFC or the loss of sovereignty in Mexican airspace.
8. In this demanding context will develop local electoral contests set the stage for the presidential succession of 2012, an area in which the conduct of the Chief Executive, who has handled over as party chief in charge of the current government will adds an extra source of tension already troubled national political environment.
The confluence of widespread violence, political polarization election and social tensions associated with the persistence of an economic strategy that spreads poverty and deepens inequality, are becoming the breeding ground of a political crisis, economic, social and even more severe than in 2006. This is precisely the trend that our movement is reversed and it is urgent that the reason that from next January 31, 2011, we will promote the new account a mobilization program whose central axis is the change in the financial, political and social our nation from the solution of existing social conflicts, the rescue of the Mexican countryside, the revival of the domestic market, the full observance of human rights, politics and work of Mexican society, the army back to barracks, to stop the current bloodshed and the dismantling of corporatism and cronyism.
For our movement, the challenge is to make way for a process of sustained substantive change in social participation and in 5 major reforms are: 1.-The Political System Reform. Which includes among other aspects: the construction of a new democratic institutions, providing for the referendum, plebiscite, initiative and revocation popular mandate, and the right to autonomy and self-government and local communities so that, with these and other instruments to ensure social participation in the design and implementation of major policies and the democratization of the world of work, for this first step is to defeat Labor union reform project that promotes the federal government, the other essential ingredient of the process is the dismantling of corporate control of the State, by strengthening the independence and autonomy of unions and collective bargaining authentic. 2.-The Economic Reform. Whose starting point is the promotion of economic growth with income redistribution, This calls for a progressive and redistributive tax reform and a strategy of inclusive growth and recovery of the domestic market. 3 .- The Social Policy Reform. That means replacing the current welfare policies and development policies and social participation, strengthening and universalizing the health system and social security and promote public education, secular, and cultural development, science and technology as established in third article of our constitution. 4 .- The Agricultural Reformation. To reverse the chronic neglect of the Mexican countryside through the articulation of programs to promote agricultural development and fisheries to enable achieve food sovereignty, to facilitate small and medium producers acquiring competitive capacity and, ultimately, contribute to increase employment, income and welfare of the peasant family. and 5 .- The Foreign Policy Reform. To strengthen our nation's self-determination and establish mechanisms for the justiciability of all fundamental human rights beginning with the rights of migrants, and in this vein we support their struggle for decent treatment in both Mexico and the United States.
the foregoing summon the professional associations, groups academics, intellectuals, civil associations, unions, groups of the field, students, civic networks and in general, the entire civil society to participate in the construction of a project's own country that starts with the baggage of proposals that have been generated in the heat of the social struggle of recent years; call the legislature to resume the dialogue process with our Movement, to restart the analysis of our projects. Demand his intervention in resolving conflicts in the mining unions and the Mexican Electricians and to stop the serious threats made by the President against the electrical workers and users fight against irritants hikes in electricity fees.
This Jan. 31, when he begins an international campaign for freedom of association and the autonomy of the Mexican labor movement, endorsed the political agreement that gives life to our movement to expand our framework alliances to create a political force capable of promoting social change that our nation needs. The first actions of this phase of struggle will be the national mobilization will take place on 31 January and depart, the edge of 17:00 hours, the Angel of Independence, to end at the City Zocalo Mexico and the marches will be held simultaneously in major cities of our country. Additionally, during this day of struggle our movement will peak the following demands:
* End to incremental increases in fuel. Freezing rates and public sector services (electricity, gas, diesel and gasoline). In this regard urges curb the abusive and disproportionate increase in charges for electric service concept, so that our movement supports class action to reverse this situation, and Council Domestic High Consumption Rate (DAC).
* Increased emergency wage and price controls on items that make up the basket. Ongoing program to recover the purchasing power of wages.
* insist on renegotiating NAFTA and the bailout of the Mexican countryside and the implementation of ongoing programs for the production of grains and staple foods.
* For the immediate settlement of the strike at Cananea, Taxco and Cap and conflicts involving miners and electricians SME.
* Free the political prisoners MOCRI the EMS, Mining and other social organizations.
We demand punishment for those responsible for the murders of Susan Chavez, Marisela Escobedo and Josefina Reyes.
* Stop the bloodshed caused by the erratic policy of combating organized crime. No more impunity for the murders of women and the violation of human rights of the population.
Reform * Labor union reject the federal government and its project of Alliance for Quality Education. No use of staff and educational resources to promote campaigns, punishment and impeach those responsible for these acts.
* Support and contractual wage revisions Mexican unions, particularly the university sector.
We demand the clarification of the casualty in the ABC Nursery Hermosillo, Son. and punishing those responsible.
On the economic turnaround, political and social life:
Movement for Food and Energy Sovereignty, Rights and Workers Democratic freedoms
National Peasant Confederation (CNC), National Council of Farm Organizations and Fisheries (CONORP) Mexican Union Front (FSM), Central Campesina Independiente (CCI), Democratic Peasants Union (UCD), Citizens Coalition, Democratic Alliance Civil Society Organizations, National Dialogue, National Union of Workers (UNT), National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), National Federation of College, National Coordinator of Union College and Higher Education (CNSUES) Mexican Electricians Union (SME ), National Union of Mining, Metallurgy, Steel and Allied Workers of Mexico, the National Movement from Below.
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