Labor rights in Mexico: The trusted workers in section «A» of article 123 in the federal constitution

Authors

  • Oscar Tolentino Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Social Science and Government http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-304X
  • Raúl Aguilar Aguila Cheang Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Social Science and Government
  • Raquel Sánchez Hernández Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Humanities and Education

Abstract

This article presents the results obtained from a critical discourse analysis around the legal figure of trusted employees under the criteria of section «A» within the article 123 in Mexico’s constitution. The corpus consisted of the corresponding texts in the Constitution (CPEUM for its acronym in Spanish), as well as the current Federal Labor Law. The analysis was accomplished through two different discursive materialities, which allowed identifying those references, connections, and inconsistencies, among the legal texts that allow us to account for the complexity that represents the understanding of the legal figure analyzed; On the other hand, attention was paid to those aspects that seemed to establish an unequal relationship between the actors in the tripartite relationship in the workplace

Keywords:

Trusted employees, trusted workers, critical discourse analysis, discourse analysis.

Author Biographies

Oscar Tolentino, Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Social Science and Government

Óscar Tolentino es Profesor de Cátedra del Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales. Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Gobierno. Su correo electrónico es oscar.tolentino@tec.mx.

Raúl Aguilar Aguila Cheang, Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Social Science and Government

Raúl Aguilar Aguila Cheang es Candidato a Doctor en Ciencias Sociales. Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Gobierno.

Raquel Sánchez Hernández, Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Humanities and Education

Raquel Sánchez Hernández es Candidata a Doctora en Estudios Humanísticos. Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Humanidades y Educación.