Mexico. Radio and Television concessionaires agreed with the unions an increase of 5.25 percent to the salary tabulator and signed in the Ministry of Labor the Contract Law that will govern the sector in 2019.
José Luis Rodríguez Aguirre, president of the National Chamber of the Radio and Television Industry (CIRT), stressed that the negotiations took place with the best of spirits in an environment in which the extension of concession titles and the development of new technologies involve investments that test the solidity of companies in the sector.
In addition, "we face a fight against informal competition and overregulation; so we will have to work unions and concessionaires to move forward this industry, which is our common cause," said José Luis Rodríguez.
Faced with great economic challenges and competition challenges that Radio and Television has today; "the agreements that recognize the complex situation that the Industry is going through and give reason for the economic difficulties that arise in all sectors of the economy."
The president of the CIRT took the opportunity to recognize the union leaders and the concessionaires for the mutual effort to raise the quality of life of the workers.
The Head of the Unit of Conciliating Officials, Guillermo Roca Santoscoy, recognized the importance for the country of an agreement in a vital sector that has 32,000 unionized employees, 8,000 trusted employees and generates 62,000 indirect jobs.
At the closing of the review convention were represented by the workers: Patricio Flores Sandoval, Secretary General of SITATYR; Ricardo Acedo Samaniego, STIRTT Secretary as well as Oscar Morales Ruíz, President of the Advisory Council of the CIRT and Alex Olhovich, Vice President of Human Resources of Televisa.
