Members of Mexico's Militant Teachers Union End Strike, Vow to Continue Struggle Latin American Herald Tribune
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Members of Mexico’s militant CNTE teachers union voted Friday to end their strike, but said they would continue protests against a regime of teacher evaluations that they reject as unfair.

The return to work next Wednesday reflects a “commitment to the parents to complete the school year,” the CNTE spokesman in the southern state of Oaxaca, Benito Vazquez, told the Milenio media group.

Ending the walkout is not intended as a gesture of goodwill paving the way for resumption of dialogue with the government, he said.

Mexico’s deputy government secretary, Luis Enrique Miranda, said Wednesday that a renewal of talks would depend on the teachers’ returning to the classroom.

The strike, which began June 1, has affected more than 6 million students in Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero and Michoacan, the impoverished southern states where the CNTE is strongest.

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