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CNTE Sets 48-Hour Strike and Sit-In for Nov. 13–14 as Mexico’s Government Rejects the Plan

Government officials label the plan politically tinged, pointing to recent pay and policy concessions.

Overview

  • Teachers say they will march from Palacio Nacional early Thursday to the Congress of the Union and install a sit-in there through Friday.
  • CNTE leaders state they will not block Mexico City’s airport or the main entry roads, and they expect actions in other states with free passage at toll booths.
  • Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez urged continued dialogue and warned against actions that hinder citizens’ rights and students’ schooling.
  • The government cites 22 working sessions and measures including a 10% salary increase, frozen minimum retirement ages, cancellation of Usicamm, and infrastructure support.
  • CNTE demands include repealing the 2007 ISSSTE law and the Education Reform, reinstating a dialogue table with the president, and higher budgets, while criticizing metal barricades near Palacio Nacional but pledging not to block access.