Articles from Mexico
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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.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 February 2023 We are education! Successful trade union strategies in Mexico
Alfonso Cepeda Salas
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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Union growth 17 August 2022 Mexico: Better conditions for SNTE pensioners and more certainty for workers: ACS
The Mexican education workers’ union, the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE), and the Secretary of State for Welfare are to set up a special programme to improve conditions for the organisation’s retirees and pensioners.
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Standards and working conditions 28 March 2022 Mexico: Ensuring equity and raising the status of teachers high on the education agenda for 2022
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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Standards and working conditions 21 January 2022 Mexico: priority vaccination for education workers
On 8 January, the rollout of the COVID-19 booster vaccine for education workers began in Mexico.
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Standards and working conditions 28 September 2021 Mexico: job security for teachers
Responding to the demands of Mexican teachers, the general secretary of the SNTE (national education workers’ union), Alfonso Cepeda Salas, and the public education minister, Delfina Gómez Álvarez, awarded 44,642 permanent positions to some 36,000 education workers in Mexico City.
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Standards and working conditions 31 August 2021 Mexico: Trade union secures agreement for a safe return to face-to-face classes
After almost eighteen months of lockdown measures, Mexican teachers have expressed their commitment to support a cautious, orderly and responsible return to the classroom for the 2021-2022 school year.
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Standards and working conditions 7 May 2021 Education unions’ success in improving working conditions and status for the profession despite COVID-19 crisis
Around 170 education unionists from 55 countries shared success stories in ensuring decent working conditions for education workers in an online meeting organised by Education International.
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Union growth 24 February 2021 Mexico: COVID-19 issues feature in SNTE demands
The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced many of the issues put together by the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) for its 2021 list of national demands.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 January 2021 Mexico: Irreplaceable role of teachers in the COVID-19 educational process
As classes resumed across Mexico on 11 January, the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) took the opportunity to reiterate that educators are crucial to maintaining a sound education process and quality education despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Classes are being delivered remotely through the Learn at Home programme.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 December 2020 Mexico: COVID-19 must be considered an occupational disease
The Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) has asked the Mexican Ministry of Public Education to ensure that COVID-19 is considered an occupational disease. This is just one measure to facilitate the safe return to presential teaching and learning.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 October 2020 Mexico: Union targets school dropouts during pandemic
The National Union of Education Workers (SNTE) in Mexico celebrated World Teachers' Day with the delivery of televisions, smartphones, electronic tablets and computer equipment to teachers and students. The aim is to avoid school dropouts during the pandemic by facilitating online teaching and learning.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 September 2020 Mexico: Agreement enhances teaching and learning conditions in the higher education sector
In Mexico, a new agreement was reached between the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) and the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) for quality working and living conditions for educators and quality education for students in the higher education sector.
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 September 2020 Mexico: SNTE welcomes government efforts to boost democracy and quality education
In Mexico, the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) has welcomed steps taken by the federal government that guarantee certainty in employment, wages, and benefits for education workers.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 August 2020 Mexico: Union campaign focuses on students affected by the pandemic
Mexican education unionists are launching a campaign so that teachers reconnect with students who dropped out of school during the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign also aims to help prevent students from leaving school because of the public health crisis.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 August 2020 Mexico: SNTE Proposals for a Safe Return to Classes
The National Union of Education Workers (SNTE) has presented a 10-point programme on the safe re-opening of schools to the Ministry of Public Education. The union is proposing a “hybrid” launch of the school year with a mix of distance learning and in-person education.
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Equity and inclusion 27 July 2020 Public education – critical for preserving indigenous languages and cultures
EI’s Mexican member SNTE presented the Los Pinos Declaration at a virtual seminar on 15 July. It is the final document of the event that closes the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019, held on 27-28 February 2020 in Mexico City.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 April 2020 Mexico: Education union joins the fight against COVID-19
In Mexico, the Education International member organisation is contributing to government efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of teachers and students and the continued provision of schooling.
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