Day 605 — CNTE Marches to Secretaría de Gobernación; Seven-Hour Talks End Without Agreement; June 1 Strike Escalation Confirmed

On May 29, 2026 (Day 605), approximately 800 CNTE members — led primarily by Sección 22 (Oaxaca), the largest and most militant section — marched to the Secretaría de Gobernación (SEGOB) building at Abraham González 48, Colonia Juárez, Mexico City at approximately 10:30 hours. CNTE representatives entered into a third tripartite dialogue session with SEGOB (represented by Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez) and the SEP (Education Secretary Mario Delgado). OUTCOME: After seven hours of negotiations, no agreements were reached on the union's core demands: (1) Abrogation of the 2007 ISSSTE pension reform (the central demand, which restructured pension systems for post-2007 public sector enrollees, eliminating defined-benefit pensions in favor of AFORE individual accounts); (2) A 100% raise to base salary; (3) Reinstatement of dismissed workers; (4) Return to pre-2019 Education Reform teacher evaluation systems. The government offered partial responses on secondary administrative matters — teacher payroll corrections, housing fund regularization — but refused to commit to pension or salary demands, citing fiscal constraints and the 2025 budget framework. ESCALATION ANNOUNCED: The CNTE's national coordinating body formally confirmed that June 1, 2026 mobilizations would proceed as planned — including a mega-march from the Ángel de la Independencia toward the Zócalo in Mexico City (where the FIFA World Cup Fan Fest is being installed), as well as potential blockades at the NAICM/AICM airports and key highway intersections nationwide. Sección 7 (Chiapas), Sección 18 (Michoacán), and sections in Guerrero and Hidalgo announced solidarity actions. CONTEXT: The CNTE strike began May 25, with the June 1 FIFA World Cup opening weekend providing maximum international visibility leverage. Sheinbaum characterized the negotiations at subsequent mañaneras as 'ongoing' and described the CNTE as representing 'some teachers, not all.'