Overview
- Workers from the Federal Judiciary halted duties in at least 17 states to protest a new evaluation the judiciary has scheduled for December.
- The judiciary set the exam as a diagnostic exercise to measure knowledge, performance and professional conduct with sessions planned for December 1, 4, 8 and 15.
- Employees say the test covers only about 40 percent of the tasks they perform and argue its use could put long-serving staff in the Carrera Judicial at risk of losing stability.
- Judicial offices in Mexico City, including the Palacio de Justicia Federal de San Lázaro and the Edificio Prisma, joined the stoppage while Protección Civil reported the possibility of more adherent sites.
- Protesters are demanding sustained training programs and clear career pathways that do not base promotions or job security on a single exam, a dispute that could force the judiciary to clarify how it will use evaluation results.