Cancún, Quintana Roo — Dump truck and trailer operators in Quintana Roo called off a planned caravan along Federal Highway 307 on Thursday after reaching an agreement with state authorities, following a protest over their exclusion from federal construction projects.
Groups of cargo carriers parked their vehicles at the Cancun exit and near the North Access Arch in Playa del Carmen, preparing to drive in convoy to the Nickelodeon Hotel and back. But after about 90 minutes, union representatives were contacted by officials, including the director of the Mobility Institute and a representative of the state government, leading to a dialogue and an accord.
“We are on good terms; the state government intervened,” said Ismael Flores Cahuich, secretary general of the CROC Dump Truck Union in Benito Juárez. “The mobilizations are not going to happen, and we have dialogue tables to discuss the work issue.”
Flores said between 300 and 400 vehicles participated in the mobilization across the state. The truckers’ main grievance is that the Mexican Army (Sedena) uses its own vehicles for federal projects, and when contractors do hire them, they often use out-of-state companies that pay below the rates set in the official gazette.
While no specific date for a solution has been set, officials committed to finding immediate work for the drivers and agreed to deliver their list of demands to President Claudia Sheinbaum, who is scheduled to visit Quintana Roo on Friday.
Flores noted that a prior agreement with Sedena regarding the Maya Train project timeline exists, and the parties will work from that to reach a new deal.
