Overview
- After a union consultation rejected a 6.8% proposal, the IMSS and its Consejo Técnico approved an 8% package on Wednesday, October 21 that splits into 4% to the salary tabular and 4% to the housing/rent assistance known as Concepto 11.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum ordered a financial review that led IMSS leadership to seek savings and present the stronger offer, which officials say is funded by procurement reforms, digitalization, austerity measures and higher revenues from record formal employment.
- The SNTSS leadership validated the deal and declared negotiations closed, but dissident worker groups rejected the offer and continue national mobilizations that include marches and a planned late-October assembly while demanding a 10% direct salary rise and the removal of union chief Rafael Olivos.
- As part of a Plan Integral presented with the pay proposal, IMSS pledged to basify 10,939 pandemic hires into permanent posts, extend prescription validity from 72 hours to 30 days, and schedule roughly 31,700 additional surgeries to cut backlog.
- The dispute matters for patients and public finances because IMSS serves millions of insured people and because routing a large share of any increase into Concepto 11 can change take-home pay perception and affect pension bases, so continued unrest could prolong service disruptions and pressure future budget choices.