Article 415 Federal Labor Law

If the collective employment contract has been entered into by a majority of two thirds of the unionized employees of a determined branch of industry, in one or several States, in one or several economic zones, or in the entire national territory, it may be elevated to the category of contract-law, upon compliance with the following requirements:

I.The request shall be filed by the labor unions of employees or by the employers before the Federal Center for Labor Conciliation and Registration, in accordance with the provisions of Article 407;

II.The labor unions of employees and the employers shall prove that they satisfy the majority requirement indicated in Article 406;

III.The petitioners shall attach to their request a copy of the contract and shall indicate the data of its registration;

IV.The Federal Center for Labor Conciliation and Registration, after verifying the majority requirement, shall order its publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) or in the official newspaper of the State, and shall indicate a term of not less than fifteen days for oppositions to be formulated;

V.If no opposition is formulated within the term indicated in the convocation, the President of the Republic, the Governor of the State or the Head of Government of Mexico City shall declare the contract-law obligatory, in accordance with the provisions of Article 414, and

VI.If within the term indicated in the convocation an opposition is formulated, the following rules shall be observed:

a)The employees and the employers shall have a term of fifteen days to present their observations in writing, accompanied by the evidence that justifies them.

b)The President of the Republic, the Governor of the State or the Head of Government of Mexico City, taking into consideration the data of the file, may declare the obligatoriness of the contract-law.