Business Lobby Goes to Court Against Blockades of Road, Rail by Union Groups Natalie Schachar - Thomson Reuters
go to original August 4, 2016

After months of blockades in Mexico, teachers say they’ll keep protesting (VICE News)

A Mexican industry lobby said on Wednesday it had filed a legal challenge to pressure the government into putting an end to a long-running protest by dissident teachers which it complains has hurt business.

Mexican employers' federation Coparmex said the government had breached the rights of business owners and citizens by failing to enforce the rule of law in protests against an education reform by the teachers' union known as the CNTE.

Coparmex said it had filed an amparo, a form of constitutional injunction, in a federal court to defend its rights against President Enrique Pena Nieto's government.

"What the amparo could do is force the judiciary to mandate authorities to meet their obligations," Coparmex president Gustavo de Hoyos said on Mexican television.

Earlier, de Hoyos said that protests have led to blockades of railways, port disruptions, and damage to public property, and demanded the government re-establish order.

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