Federal Judges Grant Provisional Protection to 100,000 Mexican Teachers Alfredo Mendez - La Jornada
go to original April 8, 2013

The federal judges who hear appeals for protection filed by teachers against the education reform of President Enrique Peña Nieto have granted so far at least 100,000 individual provisional suspensions, which means that these teachers are protected in case of eventual layoffs if they fail the evaluations mandated under the reform, pending a decision on a judgment of amparo [protective injunction] as to whether their labor rights were violated, reported Eduardo Pérez Saucedo, attorney for the National Coordinating Committee of Education Workers (CNTE).

The country's teachers have until April 15th to demand protection [amparo] before the expiration of their right to challenge the entry into force of said [education] reform.

The suspensions were issued by three federal judges based in Cholula, Puebla, who reviewed the 400 group lawsuits signed by at least 100,000 teachers.

Since the group's demands were presented, the judges refused to suspend the reform, which was published February 26 in the Official Journal of the Federation, and also refused to enjoin implementation of the evaluations, on which teacher retention will depend.

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