Article 652 Federal Labor Law
TITLE THIRTEEN. Representatives of Employees and Employers · CHAPTER I. On the procedures for designation of representatives of employees and employers
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
The representatives of the employees shall be elected in the conventions by the delegates previously appointed, in accordance with the following rules:
I.The following have the right to appoint delegates to the conventions:
a)The duly registered labor unions.
b)The free employees who have rendered services to an employer, for a period not less than six months during the year prior to the date of the call, when there are no registered labor unions;
II.The employees registered in the labor unions shall be considered members of the same, when:
a)They are rendering services to an employer.
b)They have rendered services to an employer for a period of six months during the year prior to the date of the call;
III.The free employees referred to in section I, subparagraph b), shall appoint one delegate in each enterprise or establishment; and
IV.The credentials of the delegates shall be issued by the board of the labor unions or by the one that the free employees appoint.