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Mexican Teachers Continue Strike, Vow to Reinforce Protest in Mexico City
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Mexican Teachers Continue Strike, Vow to Reinforce Protest in Mexico City

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Mexican teachers from the CNTE union are continuing their indefinite strike, vowing to reinforce their protest in Mexico City.
  • The teachers demand changes to the pension system, salary increases, and labor improvements, deeming the government's latest proposal insufficient.
  • The government urged the union to end the strike, citing the upcoming end of the school year and the need to avoid further disruption.

Teachers belonging to Mexico's National Union of Education Workers (CNTE) are maintaining their indefinite strike, with plans to strengthen their protest in Mexico City. The educators initiated their action last Monday, demanding significant reforms to the pension system, along with salary increases and improved working conditions.

There is no communication regarding this document through the channels and instances of our Coordinator; it is mediated, we have read it but it is not direct and it is not at this moment that we can give a position on it.

— Marcelino Rodarte HernándezMarcelino Rodarte Hernández, a CNTE leader from Zacatecas, explaining the union's process for responding to the government's proposal.

The union has declared the Mexican government's most recent proposal, which includes bolstering the existing state worker pension fund and establishing a public insurance company, as "insufficient." This response comes after the government urged the CNTE to conclude the strike, emphasizing the proximity of the school year's end and the potential negative impact on students, workers, and businesses in the Historic Center of Mexico City.

The strike continues, we will remain at the protest site, and it is growing; contingents are joining this week.

— Marcelino Rodarte HernándezMarcelino Rodarte Hernández, a CNTE leader, emphasizing the ongoing nature and expansion of the teachers' strike.

Government officials, including Secretary of the Interior Rosa Icela Rodríguez, stated that the teachers have been presented with a proposal to address pension issues and have open channels for negotiation. "Therefore, we call for an end to this protest and to not further affect the classes of girls and boys who are about to conclude the school year," Rodríguez said.

Therefore, we call for an end to this protest and to not further affect the classes of girls and boys who are about to conclude the school year.

— Rosa Icela RodríguezSecretary of the Interior Rosa Icela Rodríguez urging the CNTE to end their strike.

However, CNTE leaders, such as Marcelino Rodarte Hernández of Section 58 in Zacatecas, indicated that the union's National Representative Assembly would analyze the government's document before issuing an official stance. "The strike continues, we will remain at the protest site, and it is growing; contingents are joining this week," Rodarte Hernández added. President Claudia Sheinbaum has accused a faction of the CNTE of provoking a repressive response, while ruling out any forceful eviction of the protesting teachers.

The door for dialogue is open, and what they want is for there to be repression.

— Claudia SheinbaumPresident Claudia Sheinbaum commenting on the teachers' protests and the government's stance.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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