Article 653 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 employers shall be appointed in the conventions by the employers themselves or by their delegates, in accordance with the following rules:
I.The following have the right to participate in the election:
a)The duly registered employers' unions, whose members have employees in their service.
b)The independent employers who have employees in their service;
II.The employers' unions shall appoint one delegate;
III.The independent employers may attend the convention personally or be represented by means of a power of attorney letter signed by two witnesses and certified by the Labor Inspector; and
IV.The credentials of the delegates shall be issued by the board of the unions.