WILL MEXICAN GM WORKERS GET A FAIR UNION ELECTION?
San Luis Potosí workers at a GM plant are looking to organize but a rival union, allegedly being assisted by GM management, is complicating the drive.
Labor
NOT AGAINST A PARTY, AGAINST A MODEL
The national strike, initiated by the CNTE but joined by other public workers, is not a mobilization of workers against a political party, but against the neoliberal model that is still unfortunately in good health.
CNTE WILL RESPOND TO GOVERNMENT OFFER ON SATURDAY
The government’s offer to striking teachers did not include repealing the 2007 ISSSTE law, although today President Sheinbaum found time to meet billionaire Carlos Slim, who this week proposed scrapping the pension system and retirement age.
CNTE BLOCKS ROADS IN MEXICO CITY
“The average real salary of a teacher is between 14 and 15 thousand pesos per month ($725-$775USD), which is totally insufficient to support a family.”
SHEINBAUM: DIALOGUE WITH CNTE IS PERMANENT
President Sheinbaum made the comments amid the striking teachers’ blockade of the National Palace prior to the morning press conference.
STRIKING TEACHERS LIBERATE HIGHWAY TOLLBOOTHS
On the national strike’s fifth day, CNTE teachers opened toll-booths to drivers in San Marcos, Tepotzotlán, Tlalpan, Chiapas and Guerrero. They stated they are willing to engage in dialogue, but the government has not set a date.
THE HOPEFUL WORK OF TEACHING
It is in times of uncertainty that we most urgently need education that effectively trains citizens capable of transforming their context.
FIRST STRIKING TEACHERS ARRIVE AT ZÓCALO
The national strike is demanding the repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE Law and neoliberal ex-president Peña Nieto’s education reform.
AN URGENT PLEA FOR SOLIDARITY
Jaime is a militant leader of the Los Mineros mineworkers’ union, who had been organizing workers at an open-pit mine owned by Orla Mining of Vancouver, BC, Canada. His life and the lives of his family are being threatened.