From: Curtis Price <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org>
Date:          Sun, 1 Jun 1997 14:54:31 +0000
Subject:       (Fwd) Mexican teachers call off strike, head back home


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Date:          Sat, 31 May 1997 14:31:22 -0700
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Subject:       Mexican teachers call off strike, head back home



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Mexican teachers call off >>strike<<, head back home

MEXICO CITY (Reuter) - Thousands of teachers from across Mexico returned to
their homes from Mexico City Saturday after calling off a month of protest
marches and >>strikes<< that caused traffic havoc in the huge capital.

The public schoolteachers, part of the dissident National Coordinating
Council of Education >>Workers<< (CNTE), called off the >>strike<< late
Friday after making some progress with authorities in their demands for a
wage hike.

The teachers said they would continue talks with local officials in their
states, but warned they would return to the capital again if their demands
were not fully met.

In early May, the government announced a salary rise of six percent for
teachers plus an extra 10 percent in bonuses. The teachers called that
ridiculous, saying their real salaries were dropping because of high
inflation.

Teachers said their salaries ranged from about 600 pesos ($75) to 1,400
pesos ($177) every two weeks.



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