Teachers strike in Mexico City to demand govt. action before elections | Video

Mexico City, May 15 (EFE).- Members of the National Coordinating Committee of Education Workers (CNTE) and their supporters began a strike and sit-in on Wednesday to put pressure on the government ahead of the June 2 elections.

The teachers are demanding better salaries and the total repeal of the education reform introduced by former president Enrique Peña Nieto.

The strike is part of a wider protest movement also taking place in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.

The CNTE, which represents one of Mexico's largest dissident teachers' unions, considered the 10 per cent pay rise announced by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Teachers' Day to be insufficient.

The new monthly salary of 17,635 pesos ($1,047.2) represents a total increase of 47.5 percent during his term in office. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE).

FOOTAGE SHOWS THE TEACHER PROTESTS IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.

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Date: 16/05/2024 01:11 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Unrest and conflicts » Civil unrest
Education
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 79 seconds
Reference: 7001364163
Relevance: Normal