Overview
- The march is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. from Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI on Wednesday and organizers say contingents of active staff, retirees and CNTE sections will lead the route toward IMSS central offices or the Zócalo.
- Organizers want a roughly 10% direct salary increase, guaranteed delivery of medicines and medical inputs, stronger contracts and the immediate removal of Rafael Olivos Hernández from SNTSS leadership.
- Authorities estimate about 3,000 participants and warn buses may arrive from other states and that the contingent could divert from Cuauhtémoc and Insurgentes onto Paseo de la Reforma to reach the Zócalo.
- The Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana has issued traffic advisories, said preventive road closures could begin around midday, and recommended alternate routes including Dr. Vértiz, Avenida Chapultepec, Eje 4 Sur and the Periférico.
- The IMSS action is one of several planned rallies and events across the city today so commuters should expect extended disruptions and hospitals and clinics near the start point may face access delays while the protest increases pressure on federal health negotiators.