Overview

• The agreement delivers a 7.4% wage increase split into a 3.9% rise on the June base and a 3.5% rise on the July base.
• A general peón rural will earn 861,195.71 pesos in July and 891,530.06 pesos in August under the new scale.
• The deal was struck at the Comisión Nacional de Trabajo Agrario with all parties pledging to reconvene in August to align salaries with inflation and living costs.
• UATRE had announced nationwide measures of force and route blockades after agrarian employers skipped the July 22 CNTA meeting and offered negligible raises.
• With annual inflation exceeding 40%, the union retains the option to press new labor actions if August talks fail to reflect ongoing price pressures.