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Tijuana Teachers Stage Work Stoppage and Occupy Education Offices as State Pledges Partial Payments

Union leaders say classes will resume only after concrete payments.

Overview

  • SNTE Section 2 launched a brazos caídos on February 12–13 over unpaid wages and unfilled teaching posts.
  • Parents and teachers from multiple secondary schools occupied the Baja California Secretaría de Educación offices on Thursday.
  • Education officials announced a staggered calendar to issue partial payments covering certain back pay between February and March.
  • Union representatives report unpaid interino hours from September to December that could top 20 million pesos, with some salaries outstanding since 2018.
  • Schools cite severe staffing gaps, including 217 unassigned hours at Secundaria 30 and a three-and-a-half-year math vacancy at Secundaria 13.