Overview

• The Secretaría de Educación Pública abruptly canceled its third scheduled dialogue with CNTE teachers on July 10, drawing hundreds of protesters to the Hemiciclo a Juárez and surrounding streets in the capital.
• The Autoridad Educativa Federal en la Ciudad de México said it will meet on July 14 to inform sections 9, 10, 11 and 60 of when they will receive reimbursements for salary cuts applied during May and June.
• CNTE leaders have called an Asamblea Nacional Representativa for July 18 in Oaxaca to determine further collective actions if government demands are not met.
• The dissident union is pressing for repayment of withheld wages, basification of interim teachers, harmonization of benefits across states and repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE pension reform.
• SNTE Secretary General Alfonso Cepeda Salas has distanced his union from CNTE’s tactics and unveiled an actuary-backed pension reform proposal that he plans to advance through formal negotiations.