Overview
- The Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación will halt work nationwide from March 18 to 20 and march in Mexico City on March 18 from the Ángel de la Independencia to the Zócalo starting at 9 a.m.
- Leaders say the mobilization presses for the abrogation of the 2007 ISSSTE law, reversal of the previous education reform, reinstatement of the CNUN negotiating table, dignified pensions, review of teacher evaluations, and protections for labor rights and school safety.
- Actions are expected to be strongest in Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacán, and the capital, with parallel demonstrations in other states.
- Organizers plan symbolic protests at select foreign embassies, naming Cuba and Venezuela and referencing nations tied to recent Middle East events.
- Federal education and interior authorities report monitoring the situation and convening dialogue tables, and CNTE will reconvene the evening of March 18 to decide actions for March 19–20 as leaders call for peaceful participation.