Minimum Wage is a Violation of Mexican Constitution According to Cepal teleSUR
go to original October 5, 2014

A street vendor selling soft drinks pushes his tricycle while his son lies on it on a street near the Zocalo main square in Mexico City. (Reuters)

According to Cepal, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico’s minimum wage "violates" the country’s constitution.

Article 4 states that every person and family has a right to live a dignified and decent life.

“A high percentage of Mexicans do not have access to a dignified salary, which is what we consider to be necessary to cover a family’s basic needs,” Cepal’s executive secretary,  Alicia Barcena told El Universal. She added that considering enforcing decent wages is “the key to solving inequality.”  

At a talk given at the economy faculty at the Autonomous University of Mexico City where she presented a third report titled Pact For Social Equality: Toward a Sustainable Future, Barcena emphasized that to confront substandard wages, all political actors, entrepreneurs, and citizens must participate in coming up with a solution to the country’s social inequality.

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