What should have been a mechanism for social justice to strengthen the purchasing power of university workers transformed, for nearly a decade, into a fund for excess and waste. It has been revealed that, under the contract with Toka International, the unions of the University of Guadalajara maintained privileges that allowed the use of grocery vouchers for totally unrelated purposes: alcohol, tobacco, and payments at so-called “black giro” or nightclubs. Although the collective contracts stipulate that these resources must be strictly destined for the basic basket, food, and hygiene items, the systematic omission by Toka to control the operations allowed large amounts of money to be diverted towards luxuries and vices. The company Broxel obtained the contract for the operation of the grocery vouchers of the University of Guadalajara, despite not being the best evaluated in the technical opinion of the Acquisitions Committee, in the tender process LI-012-DF-2025. This situation not only constitutes a serious ethical breach but also undermines the economic stability of university families, which, instead of receiving support for their nutrition and well-being, saw how the resource was diluted in establishments of dubious reputation. The virulent resistance of the union leadership to the administrative ordering undertaken by the University is nothing more than the discontent of those who have lost an “all-you-can-drink” bar financed with public funds. While the Rectorship seeks for the vouchers to fulfill their social function, the union leadership responds with defamation and unfounded complaints, defending a model of impunity that allowed getting drunk at the expense of the budget intended for the quality of life of the workers. The defense of this “black giro” scheme by the unions is proof of a leadership that has lost its moral compass.
