Telesur.png Mexican Teachers to Hold ‘Mega-March’ Against President Peña Nieto Telesur, Venezuela, 26 May 2016 Teachers who are considered “radicals” by the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto have been protesting since 2013. Dissident teachers from the CNTE union in Mexico have called for a “mega-march” on Friday to protest what they said was a violent eviction of striking teachers who were occupying the Ministry of Education in central Mexico City. Teachers, who are considered “radicals” by the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto, have been in an ongoing protest since 2013, when Peña Nieto unveiled his education reform, which was immediately rejected by the CNTE as teacher evaluations were among the central points of the controversial law. Teachers say the tests do not really measure teaching skills and do not take into account the special knowledge needed to teach in rural areas and Indigenous communities. They also say the law is designed to allow for mass layoffs. Protesting teachers say they were trying to talk with authorities in order to present alternatives to the reform, but instead of getting an appointment to meet the Minister Aurelio Nuño, they were attacked and threatened by federal police officers. For his part Nuño has said he will not hold talks unless teachers accept the reform, something that has inflamed the demands of the 100,000 members of the CNTE and thousands of affiliated teachers across the country who have promised to prove their strength on Friday and overthrow Peña Nieto's reform. The march on Friday will be joined by social movements and the relatives of the 43 disappeared Ayotzinapa students. The relatives are holding a rally Thursday to commemorate 20 months since their loved ones were forcibly disappeared by members of organized crime in collusion with local authorities. Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in the demonstration that will go from a monument — erected in honor of the 43 Students — and end at the president's residence in the capital of Mexico. For more than a decade teachers in Mexico have staged a number of protests, mostly in the impoverished and violent southeast states of Oaxaca, Michoacan, Guerrero and Chiapas, occupying public spaces for months as part of demands for better salaries and working conditions. From: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Mexican-Teachers-to-Hold-Mega-March-Ag ainst-Pena-Nieto-20160526-0058.html -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
