CNTE Agrees to Lift Sit-In in Mexico City; “We Will Return With Greater Strength,” They Affirm
After 19 days, the CNTE recessed its strike against the 2007 ISSSTE Law; Section 22 of Oaxaca approved the pause 12,818-3,594, framing it as a regrouping.
After 19 days, the CNTE recessed its strike against the 2007 ISSSTE Law; Section 22 of Oaxaca approved the pause 12,818-3,594, framing it as a regrouping.
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on bureaucracy reduction, Indigenous peoples, the Sierra Tarahumara, the 2026 World Cup, sovereignty, and CNTE.
Asked about the march planned outside the Azteca stadium, Sheinbaum says her Interior and Education secretaries already carry her full authority in CNTE talks.
Day 16 of the national strike: contingents from six states gather at three points, with an afternoon forum on Pensionissste planned.
Section 7 demands Sheinbaum take the negotiating table herself; rejects June 2 counter-proposal and calls for return to IMSS-style solidarity pensions.
Decision comes after CNTE sections voted over the weekend to keep the strike; government points to an August school-by-school Usicamm consultation.
CNTE’s national leadership meets today to define the course of the strike.
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the Mexican economy, the 2026 World Cup, social media, and CNTE.
Starting in August, the federal government will consult Mexico’s teachers school by school, bypassing union leaderships, on the elimination of Ussicamm and its alternative.
After failed negotiations with the federal government on ISSSTE pensions, the CNTE teachers union will march to the Estadio Azteca during the World Cup opening.