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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | February 2007 
Mexico's Oaxacan Teachers Demand to Return to Classrooms After Strike
 Associated Press
| | The conflict began in late May as the teacher strike suddenly exploded into a broader movement including Indian groups, students, farmers and left-leaning activists. |
Oaxaca, Mexico: - Hundreds of primary school teachers who spent months on strike were negotiating Tuesday with the Oaxaca state government to demand that replacement teachers be removed and they be allowed to return to their classrooms.
While a group of government officials talked with teacher representatives at a hotel in the southern Mexican state, a large group of teachers waited for a response, some reading newspapers while others sat in the shade of trees.
Many of the teachers were still offering classes in homes or parks, and most were still receiving a paycheck. But they demanded that the government return them to classrooms now occupied by replacement teachers sent in during the six-month strike seeking higher wages.
Parents sympathetic with the strike sent their children to the makeshift classrooms, while those against it sent their kids to the schools.
The conflict began in late May as the teacher strike suddenly exploded into a broader movement including Indian groups, students, farmers and left-leaning activists. The teachers eventually accepted pay raises and returned to work late last year, but other activists have continued to demand the ouster of Gov. Ulises Ruiz, who they say stole the election. |
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