Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Some teachers in Jalisco have seven months without pay

At the beginning of November 2018, professors Lizette González Valadez and Damián Salcedo Rodríguez were promoted to directors. That same payday their salary was not deposited. The situation was repeated in the next pay period and continues today, leaving seven months that some teachers in Jalisco have not been paid.

"Not a peso, nor bonuses nor paycheck. Nothing" explained Lizette, who runs the Blas Galindo Dimas primary school in Tonalá.

Teachers have reached the limit of what they can economically handle without pay. These months they have managed to stay afloat through loans and with the help . . .

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