Failure to Negotiate with CNTE

The marches and blockades of the National Coordinadora de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE) throughout Mexico already caused losses of more than 15 billion pesos to businesses, estimated the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco-Servytur) on Thursday, May 29. The agency called on teachers to balance their protests for better wages and benefits with the normal development of economic activities, and the…

After resuming the dialogue with federal authorities, the CNTE teachers’ leaders did not reach any agreement. The leaders accused that the federal government remains unsolved, as it does not propose the repeal of the reform of the ISSSTE Law. According to the CNTE, the federal authorities offered to freeze and progressively reduce the retirement age, the disappearance of the System for the Magisterial Career and the creation of commissions to re…

The Ministry of Education has not issued an official position to guarantee admissions and timetable. Families demand solutions IVÁN LÓPEZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ The suspension of entrance exams in at least three federal high schools in the capital of Chiapas reflected the direct impact of the indefinite unemployment called by the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE).This action affects not only students and families, but the…