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In addition to the sit-in in the Zócalo of Mexico City, members of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) collapsed roads and blocked government booths and offices in various parts of the country, such as Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chiapas and Yucatán. The protests they carry out in the framework of their 72-hour stoppage have as their main warning that if not attended, they will boycott in June the World Cup of Football that Mexico will sh…
Mexico City, 18 Mar (EFE).- The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said this Wednesday that the government maintains dialogue with the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) before the plantón that it maintains in the Zócalo capitalino, and called for any demonstration to be held in a peaceful way. “Nothing more than if they are going to demonstrate, let it be peaceful. Always,” said the president during her morning press conferen…
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo confirmed that there are meetings between the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) and the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), prior to the strike of 72 hours. She said that through the SEP meetings have been held with the CNTE in all the entities of the republic, as well as with the governors and their state secretariats in education to meet their demands.
The Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE) again mobilized in streets of Mexico City to demand dialogue with the federal government, which it accuses of not responding to their demands.As the union warned, on Wednesday, March 18, a three-day work stoppage begins. During this period, mobilizations are also planned to express its disagreement with the authorities. The teachers reported that they will install a sit-in in the c…
Teachers attached to the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) reported that today they will start a 72-hour national strike with “forceful actions” in various states, but also in the capital, where they will install a sit-in.
Thousands of workers from the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE) protest in Mexico City | Peace Brigades International-Canada
Photo from Mexico Solidarity Media, March 20, 2026. Agence France-Presse reports: “Teachers from one of Mexico’s largest unions began three days of protests on Wednesday, March 18, to demand labor improvements, and warned that, if they are not heeded, they will demonstrate during the 2026 North American World Cup, which begins in June in the Mexican capital.” “Thousands of workers from the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE) mobili…
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