Mexico City.– The National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges of the Federal Judicial Branch (JUFED) agreed to continue the work stoppage that began almost a month ago, until the Federal Judicial Council (CJF) sets up a dialogue table to guarantee the labor rights of judicial workers.
In a statement, the civil association chaired by federal judge Juana Fuentes Velázquez indicated that the suspension of activities will continue under the same terms, that is, attention will be given to cases considered “urgent.”
“The extension will be maintained at least until the CJF sets up a working table with the Dialogue Committee (of the JUFED), with a view to defining the necessary strategies to protect the labor rights of those of us who work in courts and tribunals,” the organization said. “The above is not an obstacle for the JUFED to take the pertinent actions to guarantee the legal defense of the union against the reform or to continue with the exercise of the rights of assembly and association and of free expression of ideas.”
The agency indicated that the basis for this new agreement is the declaration of suspension of activities.
“(The strike) would continue until our demand was met, or until the National and Regional Boards of Directors of the JUFED so decided, after hearing the Dialogue Committee,” it added. Last week, some spokesmen for the workers of the Judicial Branch of the Federation said informally that this Wednesday it was almost a fact that the Plenary of the CJF would vote again on an agreement to extend the strike or resume activities. The association said that it will be in charge of publishing this extension, through social networks, to make it known to the users of the federal justice system and the general public. It will also communicate it to the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) and the CJF, through letters addressed to their respective General Secretariats of the Presidency, for the legal effects that may be appropriate.
JUFED has been on strike for almost a month
The JUFED recalled that on August 21, they suspended work in protest to stop the judicial reform process, due to its many and notable imperfections, with the aim of redirecting public discussion towards a comprehensive reform of justice.
This legitimate purpose, said the judges’ association, was ignored by the majority factions of the Congress of the Union, which approved the reform “in a sloppy process.”
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