STORY: A large group of teachers marched in Mexico City on Friday (June 6), with some participants vandalizing a government building during the protest.

The demonstration was part of a national movement organized by two teachers unions.

Elvira Veleces Morales, an union leader, demanded the repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE Law on pensions and what they call the Pena-AMLO education reform, expressing dissatisfaction with the recent salary increase announced by the Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

The education reform, voted in 2019, prioritized graduates from specific institutions for teaching positions, removed diagnostic exams for job access and scholarships, decentralized school construction and maintenance responsibilities, and established a new commission to oversee continuous educational improvement.

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SHOWS: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (JUNE 6, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF GROUP OF PROTESTERS VANDALIZING GOVERNMENT BUILDING

2. TEACHERS MARCHING IN FRONT OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING

3. TEACHERS PROTESTING, MARCHING

4. VARIOUS OF TEACHERS MARCHING WITH UMBRELLAS

5. PROTESTER HOLDING COMMUNIST FLAG

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GENERAL SECRETARY OF SECTION 14 DEMOCRATIC OF GUERRERO (TEACHER UNION), ELVIRA VELECES MORALES, SAYING:

"Our main demand is the repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE Law (REFERRING TO: social security and pensions). Repeal of the Pena-AMLO Educational Reform (REFERRING TO: An education reform, voted in 2019). We are not here for a week's vacation, not even for the salary increase the President announced as a great achievement, which is less than last year's and, despite arguments to the contrary, is insufficient for the teacher's base salary."

7. VARIOUS OF TEACHERS PROTESTING, CHANTING, RISING FISTS

8. CAR WITH SPEAKERS

9. TEACHER PROTESTING AND SPEAKING WITH A MICROPHONE (NOT A SOUNDBITE)

10. TEACHER WEARING A T-SHIRT WITH A MESSAGE OF THE GROUP'S DEMANDS

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GENERAL SECRETARY OF SECTION 14 DEMOCRATIC OF GUERRERO (TEACHER UNION), ELVIRA VELECES MORALES, SAYING:

"Colleagues use their bi-weekly paychecks, which should go to their families and schools, to sustain themselves in the protest. There's rumors of us being funded. They don't understand that our demand involves sacrifices made by our colleagues."

12. TEACHERS MARCHING

13. TEACHER PROTESTING, HOLDING FLAG

14. TEACHERS MARCHING

15. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SECRETARY OF ORGANIZATION OF SECTION 22 (TEACHER UNION), CESAR GARCIA ZURITA, SAYING:

"We are not here for five more vacation days, no. We are here for an issue that harms workers' rights, which is that reform, and that is our goal, and we are not leaving without it. Today, we leave with nothing because, in the end, they gave us nothing."

16. MARCH ARRIVING AT CITY MAIN SQUARE

17. VARIOUS OF ANTI-RIOT POLICE OFFICERS GUARDING GOVERNMENT PALACE

18. PROTESTERS AND JOURNALIST ON CITY MAIN SQUARE