The National Union of Workers for Application (UNTA) has highlighted that the measure will help curb job insecurity, while maintaining the flexibility that characterizes this sector.
The National Union of App Workers (UNTA) has positively valued the initiative to reform the Federal Labor Law to "formalize and dignify" the labor situation of more than 658,000 employees of digital platforms such as Uber or Rappi, which was presented last Wednesday by the Government of Claudia Sheinbaum.
UNTA Secretary General Sergio Guerrero was in charge of highlighting this Thursday that the reform will help curb job insecurity, while maintaining the flexibility that characterizes this sector.
"We want to emphasize that this initiative maintains flexible working hours, a fundamental aspect that we have always fought for. The possibility of each worker to decide his or her own schedule remains intact, and this does not go against obtaining labor rights, as has been attempted to make us believe," he said.
He also denied that there are companies that will be affected by this regulation. "There are countries such as the United Kingdom, India, Chile or Spain where platform work has already been regulated and investment has not moved from those countries," he argued.
He wanted to acknowledge the work of the Government and, "despite the difficulties, he was confident that this reform is a victory for the workers.
This reform is in response to the need to include "innovative and specific" regulations for this economic sector in order to advance its social coverage or the recognition of its labour rights.
In order to recognise the labour rights of these workers or to deal with their "non-existent" access to Social Security, the Government will "identify a series of improvements" that must be made in legislative terms to advance coverage of the sector.
During the previous government, headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, meetings were already held with companies and unions to advance the proposal to recognize their work, with more than 30 meetings taking place with the sector.
The aim is now to include a reform in the labour law, but one that will maintain the flexibility and autonomy of this business model, which allows it to be a main source of income for at least 41% of workers.
