President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants judges elected, not appointed. Court workers have already walked out to protest his plan, which critics call a power grab.

Employees at Mexico’s federal courts have gone on strike over reforms that would make all judges stand for election.

Over 1,000 judges and magistrates in Mexico have joined an indefinite strike against a plan by the ruling party to overhaul the judiciary. The reform, championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador,

Over 1,000 more judges and magistrates in Mexico have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike that began on Monday amid mounting protest against a plan by the ruling party to overhaul the country's judiciary.

A collection of unions representing Mexico's judicial workers launched an "indefinite" nationwide strike on Monday, ahead of planned votes by lawmakers to overhaul the country's judicial branch, including moving to the popular election of most judges.

Mexican judiciary workers went on strike Monday over President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s proposed overhaul of the country’s judicial system, which opponents say would undermine the judiciary and erode limits on the ruling party’s power.

Trabajadores del Poder Judicial en México iniciaron el lunes un paro de labores debido a una propuesta de reforma para asignar jueces por elección popular.