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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.”
“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.
Photos of the Mexican teachers actions at private banks in Mexico City which manage workers pensions, whether anyone wants them to or not.
Teachers said they had met several times with President AMLO, who told them the ISSSTE Law couldn’t be repealed because they didn’t have a majority in Congress, “now they tell us it’s because there are no resources.”
President Sheinbaum said that education officials will address demands that are “feasible to meet.”
An interview with María de la Luz Arriaga Lemus, a teacher, long-time union activist, co-founder of the Trinational Coalition in Defense of Public Education, the Social Network for Public Education in the Americas, who works with Casa Obrero Socialista Jose Antonio Vital.