Citizen Action Against Poverty recommended that an increase of 30 pesos per day be carried out in the minimum wage, as well as taking legal measures to combat labor subcontracting, to address this situation in the country.



In Mexico, of the total number of paid employees, 78% do not have decent working conditions , that is, the working day is more than 48 hours a week, the income is insufficient, the worker does not have social security or benefits. of law and/or is underemployed, according to the civil society association Citizen Action Against Poverty.





For a job to be considered decent, it must be Chile Mobile Number List freely chosen, with remuneration equivalent to the work , stability and compensation for dismissal, in addition to freely participating in unions and having the right to strike, according to the study of this organization .



insufficient salary

For 49% of salaried workers, their salary is insufficient, since it is not enough to buy the basic basket for all the members of their household , the report detailed.



“This indicator clearly shows that in Mexico you can work and be poor , which is a serious economic contradiction and a scandal,” stressed Rogelio Gómez Hermosillo, coordinator of the organization.



The regions with the highest number of workers with insufficient income are Morelos with 75%, Tlaxcala with 72%, the State of Mexico with 69%, Veracruz with 67% and Oaxaca with 67%, the study presented.



Social security and outsourcing

43% of the working population does not have social security, while 53% does not have a stable employment contract, which is due to the fact that outsourcing companies do not provide this type of benefits to workers, explained María Ayala, researcher at Citizen Action Against Poverty.



“ This indicator (workers without social security) is a poverty factory because it is one of the highest measurements carried out by Coneval (National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy),” added Gómez Hermosillo.



Outsourcing, indicated the organization's coordinator, in addition to being illegal, affects 4 out of every 10 workers, which is why he indicated the need for "a debate on how to include health and social security in a human right."



As recommendations to address these problems, Citizen Action Against Poverty urged an increase of 30 pesos a day in the minimum wage, as well as taking legal measures to combat labor subcontracting .



The states with the most deficiencies

The five states with the most unworthy deficiencies in their population are Morelos with 93%, the State of Mexico with 90% , Tlaxcala with 91%, Veracruz with 90% and Oaxaca with 89%, said María Ayala.