Teacher Strike May Influence Mexican Vote - New York Times

“What started as a teachers’ strike here five weeks ago has grown into a major movement to oust the governor of Oaxaca State that could affect the presidential election on July 2.

Last week began with strikers battling the police and ended with failed talks with a federal mediator. Tens of thousands of teachers still occupy the central square and the surrounding streets of this colonial town of 265,000, a cultural center and tourist attraction known for its artists and haunting pre-Columbian ruins.

But the teachers, who number 70,000, have been joined by dozens of community groups, Indian rights organizations, farmers’ cooperatives and revolutionary parties. The teachers’ initial demand for better pay has been drowned out by the general cry for Gov. Ulises Ruiz to resign.”

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