Overview
- Teachers installed a plantón outside the Chamber of Deputies after attempting to reach Palacio Nacional, where security repelled them with fire extinguishers and reported irritants.
- The mobilization presses for repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE law, cancellation of the 2019 education reform, reinstatement of a federal dialogue table, and higher pay and budgets.
- Protest actions included seizing toll booths and blocking roads in Oaxaca, Chiapas, Zacatecas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Baja California, with Mexico City Metro stations near the Zócalo temporarily closed.
- The government highlighted recent concessions, citing a presidential decree lowering the ISSSTE retirement age to 55 and a 10% salary increase, and reported that about 90% of schools operated normally on Thursday.
- CNTE leaders warned of further escalation, including possible disruption of 2026 World Cup events in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, with an assembly on November 22 to set next steps.