Overview
- Teachers installed an encampment outside the Chamber of Deputies after marching from the Zócalo, where security repelled efforts to breach Palacio Nacional.
- Coordinated actions took toll booths and blocked roads across Oaxaca, Chiapas, Zacatecas and other states, with Mexico City access routes and Metro stations seeing temporary closures.
- SEP reported roughly 90% of basic-education schools operated normally, with the largest shutdowns in Oaxaca (81.6%), Chiapas (36.9%) and Zacatecas (43%).
- The government reiterated openness to talks, citing a decree that lowers the ISSSTE retirement age to 55, a 10% 2025 pay rise for teachers, and major education investments in Oaxaca.
- CNTE leaders restated demands to abrogate the 2007 ISSSTE law, repeal the 2019 education reform, and restore a direct bargaining table, warning of World Cup protests and a possible longer strike to be decided Nov. 22.