Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana
The Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana (STPRM) is a trade union of oil workers in Mexico. It is the union for workers at the Mexican, state-run oil company Pemex.[1]
History
The union signed its first collective bargaining agreement with Pemex in 1942.[2] In 2001, it was discovered that funds from the union were being illegally diverted to the campaign of Francisco Labastida by the union chief Carlos Romero Deschamps in a scandal known as Pemexgate.[1] Eleven other officials, including the union treasurer, then senator Ricardo Aldana, were implicated in the crime.[1] The union worked on obtaining a refund of diverted funds in late 2003.[3]
Sports
Two soccer teams affiliated to the S.T.P.R.M., particularly to sections 26 and 48, play in the Tercera División de México, which is a football league in Mexico: Azules de la Sección 26, also known as Azules de Choapas, and the Jaguares de la 48.
References
- ^ a b c O'Boyle, Michael (1 November 2003). "On the run; haughty evasion of justice by central Pemexgate figure Deschamps exposes problems with Mexican legal system". Business Mexico via The Free Library. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Historia de Pemex" (in Spanish). Petróleos Mexicanos. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ Torres, Alejandro (14 September 2003). "Seguirá procesa contra implicados en 'Pemexgate', advierte Macedo". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 September 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
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