Article 938 Federal Labor Law
TITLE FOURTEEN. Labor Procedural Law · CHAPTER XX. Strike Procedure
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
If the strike has as its purpose the execution or revision of the contract-law (contrato ley), the provisions of this Chapter shall be observed, with the following modalities:
I.The written notice of strike shall be filed by the labor unions in coalition, with one copy for each one of the employers notified, or by those of each company or establishment, before the Court, or before the authorities mentioned in article 920, section II of this Law;
II.In the written notice the day and the hour on which the work shall be suspended shall be indicated, which must be thirty or more days after the date of its filing before the Court;
III.If the written notice is filed before the Court, under its strictest responsibility, it shall deliver to the employers the copy of the written notice of strike directly within the twenty-four hours following that of its receipt, or shall issue within the same term the necessary letters rogatory, which must be complied with by the requested authority, under its strictest responsibility, within the twenty-four hours following their receipt. Once the letters rogatory are complied with, they must be returned within the same term of twenty-four hours, and
IV.If the written notice is filed before the other authorities referred to in section I, these, under their strictest responsibility, shall deliver directly to the employers the copy of the written notice of strike, within the twenty-four hours following that of its receipt. Once the notice has been given, they shall forward the file to the Court within the same term of twenty-four hours.