The attack by the mayor of San Pablo Villa de Mitla sparked outrage among teachers’ unions & the local Congress, who were already demanding his removal and an immediate arrest warrant.
More than three million people in Mexico City require care due to life stage, disability, or dependency: unpaid work in this area is equivalent to approximately 12% of GDP.
Mexico’s employed population increased by 551,651 in Q1, the lowest creation since 2011, but it was entirely informal.
Teachers are demanding that President Sheinbaum keep her campaign promise to repeal the 2007 ISSSTE Law.
The tire plant strike attracted international attention after four workers were shot during a mid-March attack on the picket line by a shockgroup of over 60.
“It’s a miracle Marcelino is alive. We only ask that the authorities investigate this serious crime because they shot without any justification and directly at families.”
Jose Luis Solorio Alcala was fired in 2010 along with other workers after the creation of an independent union at the Honda plant in El Salto, Jalisco.
Union leadership says “the President of the Republic’s refusal to address our legitimate demands” led to the consensus to begin the national strike.
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.”
Nine workers were arrested and several injured, as workers demand payment of their salaries and severance, which have been owed to them for more than three years.