Overview

• Argentina’s CTERA capped a nationwide day of protest on Oct. 8 and formally confirmed a 24‑hour national strike with mobilization for Oct. 14 over pay, a new education financing law, restoration of FONID and a reconvened national wage bargaining table.
• The Buenos Aires provincial front FUDB and unions including SUTEBA, FEB, AMET, SADOP and UDOCBA backed the plan of action, with local walkouts and caravans reported in multiple cities such as La Plata, Bahía Blanca and Córdoba.
• In Mexico, CNTE and MMCRE executed coordinated blockades on Oct. 8 at the México–Puebla toll at San Marcos, the México–Pachuca corridor at Puente de Fierro in Ecatepec, the México–Texcoco road and in central Toluca.
• Operational impacts included lifted toll barriers and suspended fee collection at San Marcos, temporary halts on Mexibús Lines 2 and 4 in Ecatepec, and state and city authorities deploying traffic and security operations while keeping communication open with organizers.
• In Peru, university student blocs formalized participation in an Oct. 15 national stoppage aligned with transport workers confronting extortion, while Mexican transport groups separately announced fresh highway and agency protests for Oct. 22.