Union Conflict Restraint by Mexican Labor Regulatory Institutions of the Neoliberal Period (2007-2018) (Part Three)

This paper shows how a public policy of restraint and domination of collective union actions—strike notices and strikes—was, on behalf of the State, generalized throughout Mexico by the Mexican labor regulatory institutions, the Local Conciliation and Arbitration Boards (Juntas Locales de Conciliación y Arbitraje, JLCA) and the Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Board (Junta Federal de Conciliación y Arbitraje, JFCA), during the last 10 years of the neoliberal period. The main objective of this work is to determine the extent to which the Mexican federal state, with the participation of all local states (provinces), managed to reduce the rate of union labor conflict in the country to benefit capital and create a positive image: labor peace, as well as avoiding problems for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) related to strikes, free unionization, and collective bargaining with unions (wage increases and benefits).