Overview
- Mexico's education secretary Mario Delgado told reporters on May 21 that the federal government has maintained direct, ongoing contact with CNTE leaders and sees no need for a nationwide strike.
- CNTE delegates from more than 18 states have approved mobilization plans and continue to propose an indefinite strike date that members have set between May 25 and June 1.
- The government cites over 140 meetings this year, participation by the Interior Ministry, a presidential decree that changed USICAMM rules, and more than 74,000 teacher reassignments as concrete steps taken in talks.
- CNTE leaders reject the administration's offers, demand rollbacks of the 2019 education reform and the 2007 ISSSTE changes, call for pensions without Afores and a 100% base-pay hike, and denounce a 9% package as insufficient.
- The dispute centers on long‑running pension and staffing grievances concentrated in southern states and could produce wide school disruption if negotiations fail, leaving attention on whether talks produce new concessions before the proposed strike dates.