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Educators Escalate Labor Actions: Argentina’s Universities Stop as Mexico’s CNTE Plans 48‑Hour Walkout

The unions seek enforcement of Argentina’s university financing law and reversal of Mexican pension and education measures through strikes and blockades to force talks.

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.