MEXICO’S WAGES AS SHARE OF GDP HIGHEST IN DECADES
It’s the highest point in four decades, but less than the mid-70s when workers wages account for 40.6% of GDP, prior to a period of catastrophic neoliberalism.
Labor
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CNTE SUBMITS GOVERNMENT’S 5 POINT PLAN TO MEMBERSHIP
The document presented to the CNTE includes a declaration in which the federal government expresses its respect for their organization and methods of struggle.
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ARE YOU WITH THE TEACHERS OR WITH THE BANKS?
Teachers’ pensions provide private banks massive profits in the form of commissions, they fund the investments the banks make in their own businesses, and the profits the banks make from usurious activity with other people’s money. What public benefits would there be if the system was de-privatized?
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MAGISTERIUM PLAINS RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX
Mexican teachers face the enormous power of finance capital and a neoliberal retirement system, owned by major banks, the true right wing of this country, which the government refuses to touch with even a single tax.
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MEDIA CRIMINALIZATION
While AMLO repealed some of the worst elements of neoliberal teaching reform, underlying demands have not been fully addressed & worse, certain sectors close to Morena have replicated the narrative of the past, presenting the CNTE as an irrational and intransigent pressure group.
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CULTURAL EVENTS IN CDMX PARK RETURN TO PUBLIC CONTROL
The Parque Bicentenario concession, previously privatized by the Peña Nieto government, will return to public hands, with the Secretary of Culture and CDMX government ensuring there are no corporate events.
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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.”
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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.
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FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MEXICO’S TEACHING PROFESSION
In the face of trends toward control, discredit, and containment, it is time to move forward collectively. The CNTE’s call for a national strike is crucial because it opens the door to uniting the diverse forces of outraged and mobilized teachers across Mexico.
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MAY DAY: SHEINBAUM ANNOUNCES TRANSITION TO 40 HOUR WORKWEEK
Unfortunately, the transition time is five years.
