Articles from Mexico
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Standards and working conditions 11 May 2015 Successful pay bargaining in Mexico
National collective bargaining by the Mexican trade union SNTE has ended with a significant pay rise for education workers, in recognition of their work with the children and youth of Mexico.
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Union renewal and development 16 March 2015 High-level meeting highlights common priorities of Mexican union and Education International
The defence of quality public education and teachers’ rights are at the centre of discussions between Education International and the Mexican teachers’ union SNTE, the largest in Latin America, in view of SNTE’s application for membership with EI.
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Union renewal and development 8 December 2014 Mexico: teacher appraisal no longer linked to student performance
Latin America’s largest teachers’ union has stood firmly behind its members through efforts to end the practice of evaluating educators based on the academic outcomes of their students.
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Union growth 27 November 2014 Mexico: 60 days and still no answers surrounding missing students
Despite international pressure for a thorough investigation, and demonstrations that continue to sweep the country, the fate of the 43 students who disappeared two months ago in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, remains unclear.
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Union growth 12 November 2014 Mexico: EI demands full investigation into disappearance of missing student teachers
News reports indicated a few days ago that the 43 Mexican students who disappeared in southern Mexico in September were abducted by police on order of a local mayor, and are believed to have been turned over to a gang that killed them and burned their bodies before throwing some...
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Union growth 9 October 2014 Thousands take to the streets in protest against students ‘disappeared’ by Mexican Police
Outrage across Mexico continues to grow as frantic search efforts are ongoing to find 43 students taken by Mexican municipal police alleged to be controlled by drug cartels in the city of Iguala.
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Union growth 13 September 2013 Mexican teachers protest against reforms
Mexican teachers have protested en masse after the government pushed through “supplementary” or “secondary” laws aimed at changing the Education Act, in particular aspects related to teachers’ careers.
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Union renewal and development 27 February 2013 Mexico education trade union leader arrested
Elba Esther Gordillo, General Secretary of the biggest education union in Mexico, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE), is alleged to have misused more than USD 156 million from trade union funds from 2008-2012. SNTE was an EI affiliate until 2009, when it was suspended for failing to...
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 September 2011 Mexico: Teachers strike against threats and extortion
Thousands of school teachers in Acapulco, Mexico, have taken part in a series of strikes to condemn the on-going threats of violence, extortion, robbery and kidnapping which they have been subjected to in recent months.
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Standards and working conditions 14 June 2011 Mexico: Teachers protest against test-driven education
More than 70,000 teachers have marched through Oaxaca, Mexico, and taken strike action to protest against inadequate school funding and a recent policy that ties teacher compensation to standardised test results.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 July 2008 Union meeting to precede International AIDS Conference in Mexico
The Global Union AIDS Programme is organising a two-day Labour AIDS Forum to facilitate trade union cooperation in advance of the biennial International AIDS Conference taking place in Mexico City from 3-8 August 2008.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 January 2008 Mexico: International AIDS Conference, August 3-8, 2008
The 17th International AIDS Conference is taking place in Mexico City this year from 3-8 August. Representatives of EI will be present at the Conference to ensure that the critical issue of the education sector response to HIV/AIDS is kept firmly on the agenda.
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Union growth 23 August 2007 Mexico: Solution to the conflict in Oaxaca must be found, says EI
Following the resolution passed by the 5th EI World Congress held in July 2007, EI urges the governor of the State of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, to find an immediate and satisfactory solution to end the conflict between the authorities and teachers.
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Union growth 4 October 2006 Mexico: Repression of striking teachers continues
EI have written to the President of Mexico, Vicente Fox Quesada, calling for him to intervene immediately in order to bring about peaceful negotiations between the government and striking teachers.
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Union growth 3 July 2006 Mexico: EI condemns the use of violence against striking teachers!
In a letter sent to the government of Mexico on 29 June, EI condemns the use of any form of violence against striking teachers. The message is sent in the light of the police's forceful eviction of strikers on 14 June.
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Union growth 22 June 2006 Mexico: No repression and more dialogue requested in Oaxaca
EI is very concerned with reported security forces repression of the social movement led by teachers in Oaxaca. EI is encouraging the Mexican authorities to dialogue, not to repress.
Mexico: No repression and more dialogue requested in Oaxaca