Mexico Dissident Teachers Warn that National Strike is Imminent

Leaders of teachers dissident union Sections from Mexico City, Michoacán and Oaxaca, Francisco Bravo, Juan José Madrigal and Rubén Núñez (Photo: Pablo Ramos García, La Jornada)

Milenio:  Fanny Jacquelin Miranda

Mexico City • After the eviction of more than 1,500 teachers from the Highway of the Sun on Friday, the National Coordinating Committee of Education Workers [CNTE] warned that a national strike is imminent.

"The State is still in a position to meet the just demands of the teachers, as the national situation is quite dangerous and don't be fooled, because Mexican teachers are one of the most sensitive parts of Mexican society."

The outbreak of the national strike will be determined on Tuesday April 9, after negotiations with officials of the Secretariat of Government Relations [SEGOB].

"We will focus on dialogue, but if there is no immediate response from SEGOB,
in the coming days the CNTE will accelerate the work stoppage indefinitely," said the Secretary General of Section 18 [Michoacán], Juan José Ortega.

At a press conference in Mexico City, teacher leaders from Michoacán, Guerrero, Mexico City, Chiapas, Southern Baja California and the State of Mexico also reported that on Wednesday, April 10, there will be a national march in the federal capital. It will leave the Monument to the Revolution and go to the Palace of Justice, where they will carry out the second massive delivery of petitions for amparo ["protection", i.e., an injunction] against the educational reforms included in the amendments to Articles 3 and 73 of the Constitution, as well as installation of an "Encampment of Denunciation". Spanish original