CNTE Sets Up Indefinite Sit-in in Mexico City After Riot Police Tear Gas Teachers
Teachers are demanding that President Sheinbaum keep her campaign promise to repeal the 2007 ISSSTE Law.
Public Education
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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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Ministry of Education Backtracks; Social Pressure Derails Plan to End School Year Early
After four days of protests from all sectors of society, Mario Delgado announced the reversal. The initial change had been justified as necessary due to a heatwave & to serve the World Cup.
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An Unfortunate Proposal
Everything indicates that the impact of sending 28 million children and adolescents home was not properly assessed in a context where the vast majority of parents do not have the time or resources necessary to adapt to such a significant and sudden change in their routines.
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School Administrators, Parents, Teachers & Unions Reject Premature End of Mexican School Year
The Secretariat of Education cut 28 days of classes, provoking protest amongst those who see the government “protecting the interests of the business class in the context of the World Cup.”
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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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Colegio de Bachilleres Union Will Close Roads in CDMX & Mexico State
“It is not the union’s fault, but rather the intransigence of the authorities of this institution who have violated the provisions of our Collective Bargaining Agreement,” a union rep said.
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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 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.”
