Patricia Muñoz
A report from the School of Economics says that 67 percent of workers are in a situation of "working poverty", earning less than two minimum wages.
Mexico City. Faculty of Economics, UNAM delivered on Thursday its research report on wages of workers in manufacturing, which provides that the minimum wage is available currently only 16 percent of a market basket.
The report also contradicts the information given by the National Commission on Minimum Wage there is virtually no workers earning the minimum to indicate there are currently 10 million 78 thousand people in Mexico who do not receive salary or earn up to minimum wage and that this figure represents the "23.9 percent of the working population."
there is another 9 million 569 thousand workers earning up to two minisalarios. Ie 67 percent of all employed persons are in this condition of "working poverty."
the report also indicates that Mexicans have had to increase the number of hours worked to acquire the basic basket and this represents a real systematic deterioration of the quality of life, as more than 12 million 845 thousand people work more than 48 hours per week.