The Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana (STPRM) is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

of oil workers in Mexico. It is the union for workers at the Mexican, state-run oil company Pemex.

History

The union signed its first

collective bargaining Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers. The ...

agreement with Pemex in 1942. In 2001, it was discovered that funds from the union were being illegally diverted to the campaign of

Francisco Labastida Francisco Labastida Ochoa (; born 14 August 1942) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who became the first presidential candidate of his party to lose a presidential election, which h ...

by the union chief Carlos Romero Deschamps in a scandal known as Pemexgate. Eleven other officials, including the union treasurer, then senator Ricardo Aldana, were implicated in the crime. The union worked on obtaining a refund of diverted funds in late 2003.

Sports

Two football teams affiliated to the S.T.P.R.M., particularly to sections 26 and 48, play in the ''

Tercera División de México The Liga TDP is Mexico's fourth tier in the Mexican League System. The Liga TDP is divided into 17 groups. For the 2009/2010 season, the format of the tournament has been reorganized to a home and away format, which all teams will play in their ...

'', which is a football league in Mexico: Azules de la Sección 26, also known as Azules de Choapas, and the Felinos 48.

References

Trade unions in Mexico Pemex Petroleum industry in Mexico {{NorthAm-trade-union-stub