Education International North America and the Caribbean

Articles

1. 14 February 2024

   

   Securing dignity: Mexico's pension reform initiative supports teachers and public sector workers

   News

   Education International’s affiliate in Mexico, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) has voiced its support for a Mexican government proposal to reform the pension system for state workers. This reform proposal, put forward by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the Chamber of Deputies, signifies a pivotal move...

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2. 24 October 2023

   

   Go Public! Leading further and higher education and research for the common good

   News

   The 12th International Further and Higher Education and Research Conference, co-hosted by Education International and its member organisation Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE), is taking place in Mexico City from October 24 to the 26.

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3. 9 March 2023

   

   Mexico: together we school

   News

   Job security has become one of the main achievements of the SNTE education workers union in Mexico. Thanks to the permanent programme for granting tenure to teachers agreed on with the federal government over 800,000 teaching positions have been regularised throughout the country in recent months.

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4. 3 February 2023

   

   We are education! Successful trade union strategies in Mexico

   Alfonso Cepeda Salas

   Worlds of Education

   The Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) is one of the biggest education unions in the world. It currently represents more than 1.5 million active members at all levels of education and 700,000 retired teachers. Its mission is to defend public education and protect the rights of education...

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5. 28 March 2022

   

   Mexico: Ensuring equity and raising the status of teachers high on the education agenda for 2022

   News

   The SNTE (National Education Workers’ Union) has submitted its 2022 National List of Demands to Mexico’s Public Education Secretariat (SEP) for review.

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6. 21 January 2022

   

   Mexico: priority vaccination for education workers

   News

   On 8 January, the rollout of the COVID-19 booster vaccine for education workers began in Mexico.

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