CNTE Announces National Strike on June 1st & Occupation of Mexico City’s Zócalo
Union leadership says “the President of the Republic’s refusal to address our legitimate demands” led to the consensus to begin the national strike.
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CNTE Defines its Political Course for Repeal of 2007 ISSSTE Law
The Mexican teachers say they “are in a battle against financial forces that refuse to be challenged,” and that they “will have to build bridges with many organizations affected by pensions.”
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Mexico’s Education Secretariat Will Meet with CNTE Teachers on International Workers Day
Secretary Delgado says “there is no need for demonstrations” in the streets, but stressed, “we are respectful” of the decisions they make.
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Delgado Asks CNTE Not To Obstruct World Cup
Mexico’s Secretary of Education worries for the success of the ostensible international sporting event marked by proximity to, & encouragement of, human trafficking, labour exploitation, real estate speculation and fascist collaboration.
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CNTE Announces Indefinite Strike in June During World Cup
Teachers consider the strike a “political necessity given the lack of response to the demands for the repeal of the Peña-AMLO education reform and the 2007 ISSSTE Law.”
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Teaching History in Mexico & Its Importance in the Teachers Movement
With the passing of Enrique Ávila Carrillo, one of the founders of the CNTE, the democratic Mexican teaching movement loses one of its most committed intellectuals.
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Unresolved Issues with Teachers
Until this crisis is addressed at its root, public education will remain the weakest link in a chain of inequalities that can no longer tolerate excuses. Mexico owes its teachers much more than applause in the Zócalo: it owes them justice.
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CNTE Strike Day 3: Teachers vs Privatized Pensions
Photos of the Mexican teachers actions at private banks in Mexico City which manage workers pensions, whether anyone wants them to or not.
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CNTE Teachers Will Protest at Privatized Pension Companies
Today is the third and final day of the 72-hour teachers strike.
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CNTE Rejects “Delaying Talks” with Education Secretariat; Insists on Dialogue with President Sheinbaum
Teachers said they had met several times with President AMLO, who told them the ISSSTE Law couldn’t be repealed because they didn’t have a majority in Congress, “now they tell us it’s because there are no resources.”
