Before the end of this year, a second disbursement of resources amounting to 407 million pesos (approximately 21.5 million dollars) is expected to be made to former employees of Mexicana de Aviación from the sale of some assets, according to union organizations representing employees and retirees of the defunct company.
Fausto Guerrero, leader of the Association of Retirees, Workers, and Former Workers of Mexicana de Aviación, stated that the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare reiterated the commitment of Claudia Sheinbaum’s government to expedite this payment.
“I received a call from the Ministry of Labor informing us that the change of administration caused a reorganization, but the most important thing is that there is an intention from this new government to continue, and we just have to wait for the necessary protocols to be carried out,” Guerrero commented.
He also mentioned that the labor authority discussed with the Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Board (JFCA), where procedures are progressing. There is an expectation that this issue can be resolved before the end of the year.
The second payment was supposed to be made a year ago (in September 2023). However, it was delayed because 42 former trusted employees filed a lawsuit to claim around 10 percent of the resources, according to the union leader.
Captain Eduardo Barrera Flores, president of the Mexicana delegation in the Pilots Union Association (ASPA), stated that an agreement has been reached with them with the approval of the labor authority. He indicated that according to the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transport and the Ministry of Labor, the 407 million pesos are available for the benefit of more than 7,000 former workers.
Both representatives of the workers and retirees noted that once the process is formalized, payments will be made through the JFCA, as occurred in August 2023 when the first checks were distributed. It is worth remembering that the sale of the brand, emblem, and other assets of the defunct Mexicana de Aviación to the federal government amounted to 817 million pesos.
14 years after the bankruptcy of the former Mexicana de Aviación, the dispute remains open for the airline’s employees. Ximena Garmendia, in her column for SDPNoticias, described what has been for the workers “a terrible legal limbo,” unlike the major beneficiaries such as Volaris, VivaAerobus, and Aeroméxico, and even more so the American airlines, American, United, and Delta, which won the market to and from the United States.
Source: Reportur
