Article 419 Federal Labor Law

In the revision of the contract-law the following rules shall be observed:

I.The labor unions of employees or the employers that represent the majorities indicated in Article 406 may request the revision;

II.The request shall be filed before the Federal Center for Labor Conciliation and Registration, at least ninety calendar days before the expiration of the contract-law;

III.The authority that receives the request, after verifying the majority requirement, shall convene the labor unions of employees and the affected employers to a convention, which shall be governed by the provisions of Article 411; and

IV.If the labor unions of employees and the employers reach an agreement that complies with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 414, the head of the Federal Center for Labor Conciliation and Registration shall communicate it to the head of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare for its publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) or to the Governor of the State or the Head of Government of Mexico City so that they publish it in the official newspaper of the State, as corresponds. The amendments shall produce effects as of the day of their publication, unless the convention indicates a different date, and

V.If at the conclusion of the revision procedure, the labor unions of employees and the employers do not reach an agreement, the contract-law shall be considered extended, for all legal effects to which there may be place.