SNTE SECCIÓN 5

What SNTE SECCIÓN 5 does

SNTE (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación) is Mexico's national unitary teachers' union, founded in December 1943 at the Congreso de Unidad Magisterial and registered with the Tribunal Federal de Conciliación y Arbitraje the same year. It represents education workers — base teachers, permanent, interim, and transitory staff, as well as administrative support personnel (PAAE) and retirees — employed across Mexico's 31 states and Mexico City through 61 local sectional organizations headquartered in each state capital. The union's functional mandate is collective bargaining with public-sector education employers (principally the SEP at the federal level and state governments locally), legal defense of labor rights, salary and pension negotiation, and coordination of social-security benefits through ISSSTE.

The union's service offering extends well beyond traditional labor representation. SNTE operates a digital ecosystem that includes the Biblioteca Virtual (a curated repository of educational materials, study guides, and normative documents), SNTE Cursos (online training covering literacy, socio-emotional education, digital teaching, and collaborative work), the Consejo Técnico Escolar program (pedagogical training and intensive workshops), and the SDPC career-development system for support staff. Certified training partnerships are maintained with the CNDH (human rights), UNICEF México, and El Colegio de México (COLMEX) for academic programs. The union also operates wholly-owned auxiliary entities — Editorial de los Maestros 'Benito Juárez' for publishing, Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo, Centro Maestro Bienestar for welfare services, OPTI for transparency, and IGESE for research — that together form an integrated member-services ecosystem.

SNTE is governed as a member-funded nonprofit organization under Mexican labor law, with no private equity, venture capital, or external investor ownership. Revenue derives from membership dues (cuotas sindicales) collected from affiliated workers; specific fee schedules and financial statements are not publicly disclosed. The organization is led by an elected national executive committee, currently headed by Secretary General Alfonso Cepeda Salas (in office since 2018), and is internationally affiliated with Education International. In 2025 it received UNESCO recognition for its teachers' peace-culture initiatives, and in 2026 it secured an agreement with ISSSTE to install medical offices inside union sectional facilities.

Name

SNTE SECCIÓN 5

Legal name

Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación

Website

https://snte.org.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1943

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SNTE is Mexico's national unitary teachers' union, founded in 1943, representing education workers across all 31 states and Mexico City through 61 local sections and providing collective bargaining, professional development, and social benefits coordination.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labor Union Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Labor Relations & Union Management Training (EDABAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education & Training (Teaching/Instructional Design) Certifications (EDAAANAM)

Keywords

• Teachers union services
• Labor representation
• Collective bargaining
• Teacher professional development
• Education worker welfare

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad de México

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

SNTE Sección 5 is part of Mexico's national teachers' union (SNTE), providing labor representation, collective bargaining, and professional development services to public education workers. It offers a digital library, online training courses, partnership-based certification programs, administrative services for teacher promotion, and access to social welfare benefits through 61 state sections across Mexico.

Product overview

SNTE (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación) is Mexico's largest teachers' union, offering a comprehensive suite of services to education workers. The organization provides professional development programs including the Biblioteca Virtual (virtual library with educational materials and guidelines), SNTE Cursos (online training courses covering literacy, socio-emotional education, digital teaching, and collaborative work), and specialized partnership programs with CNDH, UNICEF, and COLMEX. Additional services include the Consejo Técnico Escolar (CTE) program with training materials and intensive workshops, administrative services for teacher promotion through Convocatorias Docentes and the SDPC system, study materials, and press/communication services. The union operates through a network of national collegiate bodies and 61+ state sections organized by federative entity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Biblioteca Virtual (Virtual Library) Virtual library providing study materials, guidelines, and educational resources organized by domains for teachers participating in promotion and admission processes. Designed for SNTE-affiliated teachers across all educational levels.
• SNTE Cursos (Online Training Courses) Online and in-person training courses for educators covering topics such as early literacy, collaborative work, socio-emotional education, digital teaching, and school sports. Aimed at SNTE-affiliated teachers seeking professional development.
• Consejo Técnico Escolar (CTE) Program Technical School Council program providing training materials, intensive workshops, and pedagogical resources for teachers and school administrators. Targets SNTE members engaged in school-level pedagogical planning.
• Convocatorias Docentes (Teacher Promotion & Transfer Service) Administrative service that announces and manages teacher promotion, admission, and transfer processes for basic education level. Aimed at SNTE-affiliated teachers seeking career mobility.
• Sistema de Desarrollo de Profesión y Carrera (SDPC) Career development and promotion system for support and assistance education personnel (PAAE). Aimed at administrative support staff seeking horizontal promotion and salary improvements.
• Convenio SNTE-CNDH Training Program Training program developed in partnership with the Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) offering human rights courses with certification for participating SNTE-affiliated teachers and education workers.
• Convenio SNTE-UNICEF Training Program Joint training program with UNICEF México offering teacher training and professional development courses in educational priority areas. Targeted at SNTE members.
• Convenio SNTE-COLMEX Training Program Academic training program in collaboration with El Colegio de México (COLMEX) providing advanced courses with academic rigor and certification for SNTE-affiliated education workers.
• Comunicados y Prensa (Press Communications Service) Press releases, official communications, notes, and positioning statements from SNTE leadership, distributed through the website, media, and social channels. Serves members, journalists, and the general public.

Quantifiable outcome

• UNESCO recognition for teachers promoting peace culture from classrooms - November 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• SEP - Secretaría de Educación PúblicacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe primary government partner for all educational matters. SNTE works with SEP on teacher professional development, curriculum implementation, labor negotiations, and educational policy. The union participates in the National Demand Pliego (Pliego Nacional de Demandas) negotiations with SEP annually.
• ISSSTE - Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del EstadocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth and social security services provider for education workers. SNTE negotiates healthcare benefits, has agreements for medical consultorios in union sections, and coordinates on pension matters. Achieved agreement to install medical offices in union sections in 2026.
• CNDH - Comisión Nacional de los Derechos HumanosmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide human rights training courses for SNTE members. The agreement offers courses on human rights topics with certification for participating teachers and education workers.
• UNICEF MéxicomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on educational programs and training for education workers. UNICEF provides expertise and resources for professional development courses offered to SNTE members.
• COLMEX - El Colegio de MéxicomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for advanced training courses and professional development programs for education workers. COLMEX provides academic rigor and certification for specialized educational programs.
• UNESCOmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cooperation on education quality and teachers' professional development. UNESCO recognized SNTE teachers for peace culture initiatives in 2025.
• Education International (Internacional de la Educación)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal federation of teachers' unions. SNTE participates in international conferences and shares strategies with global education union counterparts through this affiliation.
• OPTI - Observatorio Público de Transparencia e InformaciónminorOthersInternal transparency and accountability organism of SNTE that monitors union activities and provides public information access as part of SNTE's commitment to union democracy and transparency.
• IGESE - Instituto Global de Estudios Sindicales y EducativosminorOthersAuxiliary research institute focused on global union and educational studies, providing academic research support to SNTE's strategic initiatives.
• State Governments (Gobiernos Estatales)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNTE works with individual state governments in each of Mexico's 31 states on matters including teacher basificaciones (permanent appointments), salary negotiations, school infrastructure, and local educational policies. Recent collaborations include agreements with Sinaloa, Baja California, Coahuila, and other state governments.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• UNT (Unión Nacional de Trabajadores): Mexican national labor union confederation that brings together independent unions across sectors. Operates the same model of worker representation and collective bargaining as SNTE, but at a multi-sector umbrella level rather than education-specific.
• STUNAM (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la UNAM): Mexico's largest higher-education union, representing workers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Same national labor union model, but concentrated in a single institution rather than national K-12 representation.

Direct peers

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT): The second-largest U.S. teachers' union, AFT represents about 1.7 million members with comparable professional development, collective bargaining, and member benefit structures. Closely aligned with SNTE's mix of teacher advocacy plus professional training offerings.
• CNTE (Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación): The principal dissident teachers' union in Mexico, CNTE competes directly with SNTE for the same membership base of public education workers and contests SNTE's representation monopoly in several southern states. Most directly comparable organization in terms of constituency and mission.
• National Education Association (NEA): The largest U.S. teachers' union, NEA represents approximately 3 million education professionals across all U.S. states. Most internationally comparable peer in scale, mission, and service offering breadth (training, advocacy, member benefits), serving as the benchmark for SNTE's claimed position as the world's largest teachers' union.
• National Education Union (NEU): The largest education union in the UK, formed in 2017 through merger of ATL and NUT. Operates the same model of teacher representation plus professional development services and is a member of Education International alongside SNTE.

Broad incumbents

• Education International (EI): Global federation of teachers' unions representing over 32 million educators across 178 countries. SNTE is a member and participates in its regional conferences; EI is a broader incumbent umbrella rather than a direct competitor but operates in the same advocacy space.

Others

• SEP (Secretaría de Educación Pública): Mexico's federal education ministry and SNTE's primary counterpart for collective bargaining, curriculum implementation, and teacher basificación. Counterparty rather than competitor; structurally interdependent with SNTE in public education governance.
• El Colegio de México (COLMEX): Premier Mexican academic institution that partners with SNTE to deliver certified professional development courses for SNTE members. Functions as a content provider rather than a peer, but anchors SNTE's training credentials.
• ISSSTE (Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado): Mexican government agency that provides healthcare, pension, and social security services to public-sector workers including SNTE members. A core operational partner — not a peer in the union sense, but a comparable institutional actor in the education-worker welfare ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/SnteNacional
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/SnteNacional/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/SNTE.OFICIAL?ref=hl
• Instagraminstagram.com/sntenacional
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/snte-secci%C3%B3n-5

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Subsidiaries7 records

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