Upper-Secondary Unions Secure Talks With Deputies on 2 Billion-Peso Pay and Jobs Demand

Overview

• Leaders of the Frente Nacional de Sindicatos de Educación Media Superior agreed with presidents of the Budget, Finance, Education and Welfare committees to install a permanent working table.
• They seek a 2 billion-peso reallocation in the 2026 federal budget to fund job regularization and salary alignment programs, which they say would benefit about 120,000 workers.
• The parties plan to reconvene next Tuesday, when lawmakers are expected to deliver a response to the funding request.
• Union spokespeople warned they are prepared to call a national strike on November 5 if the answer is negative, a move they say could affect more than 2 million students.
• The mobilization began at Palacio Nacional and moved to the Chamber of Deputies in San Lázaro, where security personnel and Mexico City police maintained a presence at entrances and nearby areas.