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Mexican labor laws regulate individual labor relations, collective labor relations, labor litigation, and federal and state conciliation and arbitration boards made up of labor, management, and government representatives. These boards are empowered to make final enforceable judgments. The Mexican commitment to workers' rights is rooted in its 1917 Constitution. Article 123 established the jurisdiction of the Mexican Congress and the state legislatures to issue labor laws responsive to local regional needs in accordance with the Constitution's guiding principles, which include improving the living and working conditions of Mexican workers and honoring workers' inherent liberty and dignity. The Mexican Constitution guarantees basic rights, such as workplace health and safety, minimum wage, maximum hours of work, freedom of association, and the right of workers to strike. It also guarantees employment security, profit sharing , annual leave, worker training, and many other benefits and protections. These rights and benefits are implemented by Ley Federal de Trabajo , the Federal Labor Law, which was originally drafted in 1931, canceled and reissued in 1971, and amended numerous times since. The Federal Labor Law recognizes the two types of workers, union and confidential, to which the law applies. Confidential workers are those who handle functions of administration, supervision, ... log in or subscribe to read full text