Overview
- The labor stoppage has lasted many months and keeps more than 300 Nacional Monte de Piedad branches closed, forcing users to rely on alternative payment channels.
- A court-ordered conciliation this week collapsed when the patronato reportedly did not appear, a development the union says shows a lack of willingness to reach an agreement.
- Judicial work on the strike remains unresolved: a February ruling declared the strike inexistente, the union filed a review, a Tribunal Colegiado asked the Supreme Court to consider the case, and the SCJN has not yet decided whether to take it.
- The institution has rolled out customer relief measures such as commission-free Oxxo and Banamex payments, immediate crediting of deposits, waived safekeeping fees, and extended commercialization dates, but interest continues to accrue on contracts.
- The core disagreement is over proposed changes to the collective bargaining agreement, job cuts and operational modernization, a clash that pits the patronato’s cost and tech-driven viability plan against workers’ demands to preserve pay, benefits and positions.