Legislación laboral en salud en México. Una ilustración histórica

Resumen

Taking into consideration the various economic cycles from the end of the last \ncentury up to the present, we analyze the historical development of the \noccupational health legislation in Mexico. Laws related to worker's health, the \nregulation of these same laws, and the tracing of their emergence in different time \nperiods are discussed from a perspective that attemps to link together structural \nphenomena that take place in Mexico and throughout the rest of the world. The \nfollowing points are also discussed: the principal features of and changes in \nlegislation; the passage of the Occupational Health Act ; the influence of \nlegislation on worker's health; neoliberal and protective interpretations of the \nlaws along with the role that these play in defining work conditions, and; the \nformulation of a referencial framework that also reflects the changes in the \nlegislation of other contries. \n \nScanned herein are important concepts contained in the Constitution, labor and \nsocial security laws enacted during various periods and for distinct groups of \nworkers, and changes in and contributions of legal regulations expressed in laws \nand regulations. Our intention is to explore the way in which the right to \noccupational health goes beyond a simple expanding prerogative. Up to a point, \nthis right to work-and- health meets the need for accumulation of capital.