Section 22 of Oaxaca in Favor of Continuing CNTE Strike; National Leadership Defines Course of Walkout Today

ByCarolina Gómez and Jessica Xantomila

This article by Carolina Gómez and Jessica Xantomila originally appeared in the June 13, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left-wing daily newspaper.

Amid the consultation that the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) is carrying out with its base mobilized in the National Strike, Section 22 of Oaxaca, which is one of those with the largest contingents on strike, came out in favor of continuing the movement, which includes an encampment in Mexico City’s Historic Center, as well as marches and blockades in the country’s capital and in other states.

In the early hours of this morning at the Permanent State Assembly of Section XXII SNTE-CNTE, Yenny Aracely Pérez Martínez, general secretary of the section, reported that Oaxaca declares itself in favor of continuing the movement, which began this past June 1, in the context of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The results of the consultation were 6,162 votes for a recess of the strike and 6,337 to continue the actions.

Likewise, since yesterday afternoon, Filiberto Fraustro, general secretary of the Zacatecas section, was anticipating that the majority of the Coordinator’s teaching base in that state was in a “predisposition to continue” with the actions of the national strike, but warned that they still had to wait for what teachers in the other states decided.

The launch of the consultation stems from the agreements of the session of the National Representative Assembly (ANR), held in the early hours of Friday.

If the rank-and-file conclude the consultation this Saturday, the results could be announced at the ANR that is expected to take place today at midday.

Originally, that assembly had been called for midnight, but it was moved to today.