Overview
- Argentina’s Conadu, Conadu Histórica and FAGDUT began a 72‑hour national strike from Nov. 12–14, halting classes and research over pay erosion and the suspended University Financing Law.
- Union leaders in Argentina demand implementation of Law 27.795, urgent wage negotiations, restitution of FONID and higher infrastructure funding, warning the 2026 academic year could be delayed without a deal.
- Mexico’s CNTE scheduled a national 48‑hour strike for Nov. 13–14 with plans to block Palacio Nacional from 6 a.m., install a plantón in the Zócalo, and take toll booths and government offices in multiple states.
- CNTE’s core demands include scrapping the 2007 ISSSTE law and past education reforms, reinstating national negotiation tables, and increasing budgets, with leaders vowing to escalate if unmet.
- Mexico’s Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez urged continued dialogue, citing 22 prior meetings and rejecting disruptive threats, as metal barriers went up around Palacio Nacional ahead of the planned blockade.