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Democracy 26 September 2024
Mexico: teachers unite for peace

On the occasion of International Day of Peace, on 21 September, the SNTE, an affiliate of Education International (EI) in Mexico, launched a permanent campaign under the heading “Arm yourself with valour for a culture of peace!” (¡Ármate de valor por una cultura de paz!), to promote peace and non-violence...
Mexico: teachers unite for peace
Standards and working conditions 14 February 2024
Securing dignity: Mexico's pension reform initiative supports teachers and public sector workers

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...
Securing dignity: Mexico's pension reform initiative supports teachers and public sector workers
Fighting the commercialisation of education 26 January 2024
Educators ready to play an active role in transforming education in North America and the Caribbean

“Our activities here together these next few days are varied, but our purpose is fundamental – to reflect and learn from each other and to plan ways to encourage our members to play an active role in transforming education across this vast and varied region.” This was the call by...
Educators ready to play an active role in transforming education in North America and the Caribbean
Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 October 2023
Go Public! Leading further and higher education and research for the common good

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.
Go Public! Leading further and higher education and research for the common good
Leading the profession 1 August 2023
SNTE alerts more than two million and a half students about the risk of using drugs

Through a broad program structured by the teacher's organization, headed by Alfonso Cepeda Salas, General Secretary, it was possible to inform and reflect with students from secondary and upper middle education, on the risk of addictions as well as the importance of physical and emotional health care.
SNTE alerts more than two million and a half students about the risk of using drugs
Standards and working conditions 9 March 2023
Mexico: together we school

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.
Mexico: together we school