After 111 Days of Protests, Striking Teachers in Oaxaca State Return to Class World Bulletin
go to original September 6, 2016

Thousands of teachers in southern Mexico who have maintained a strike for more than 100 days returned to school Monday.

The decision came Friday night after a vote by teachers and school employees affiliated with the militant National Coordinator of Education Workers union (CNTE) in Oaxaca state.

“These 111 days of struggle have taught us to organize ourselves. But with the engagement to parents, we have decided to start the new school period,” teacher representative Isabel Garcia Velasco told local media.

The teachers are protesting provisions in an education reform bill and Monday once again asked representatives of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s administration to negotiate.

“The return to school doesn’t mean abandoning our struggle. About 20 percent of our members will maintain the sit-in in the city of Oaxaca while 10 percent of our members will do the same in Mexico City,” Garcia told Proceso magazine.

She said teachers would engage in more radical protests if they don’t receive “clear answers” from the government to their demands.

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