Overview
- At its third 15th‑anniversary stop in Ixtapaluca on Sunday, September 6, 2026, CATEM secretary‑general Pedro Haces urged members to prepare to run for office and said workers must help write the laws that govern them.
- Haces announced the confederation will seek to place members on 2027 ballots across Mexico’s 32 federal entities without formally tying the union to a single party.
- CATEM emphasized organizational autonomy and political plurality while publicly declaring support for President Claudia Sheinbaum, saying the president ‘counts on’ the union’s backing.
- More than 40 federal and local legislators, senators and business figures attended the event, showing CATEM’s growing ties with political and institutional actors.
- The union framed the campaign as part of a broader modernization of unionism designed to deliver training, fair wages and legal certainty for workers and to increase labor’s direct influence over lawmaking.