Day 614 — CNTE Strike Day 7: SEGOB Formally Exhorts Teachers to End Zócalo Sit-In After SEP-ISSSTE Proposals; CNTE Threatens Airport and Stadium Blockades at World Cup Opener

On June 7, 2026 (Day 614, Sunday), Mexico's Interior Ministry (Gobernación/SEGOB) under Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez formally issued a public exhortation to the CNTE national teachers' union to conclude its Zócalo encampment and accept ongoing dialogue, following written proposals submitted by SEP (Education Ministry) and ISSSTE (federal employee pension institute). Gobernación described the government's proposals as 'serious, responsible, and within budgetary limits,' while signaling that the Sheinbaum administration's negotiating position remained unchanged: a legislatively guided process (working table by June 15, diagnostic period through July 20, proposals through mid-August, teacher consultation through August 31) rather than immediate abrogation of the 2007 ISSSTE pension law. The CNTE maintained its strike posture and announced it would consider further escalation measures targeting the Benito Juárez International Airport (AICM) and Estadio Azteca (Estadio Banorte) during the FIFA World Cup opening match — Mexico vs. South Africa, June 11. The strike's seventh consecutive day continued to affect over 2 million students across 29 states. President Sheinbaum remained on her weekend schedule and did not intervene directly in CNTE negotiations, maintaining her position that SEGOB and SEP are the designated government dialogue counterparts. The standoff entered its second week with both sides unmoved on core positions, and the international attention of the World Cup opening four days away creating acute political pressure on the government to resolve or manage the conflict before kickoff.