Morelos teachers on strike! (but not my school)

First of all, the linguist in me wants to know if this is a paro, or a huelga?  I've been told by locals that both terms apply to the current situation, and I've been (with equal sincerity) told that this is only a paro, and that it will become a strike if it goes on for much longer.  Here in Mexico a paro usually refers to a work stoppage regardless of whether or not the work was paid, while a    huelga refers to a work stoppage of paid work.  

    Regardless, the K-9 teachers of Morelos (and some other states,

but we're the big one) are not at work, and haven't been since the start of school.  If it goes on much longer, the prepa level (where I work) may end up going out on strike in support.  

   And why?  It has nothing to do with salary, and everything to do with a document called the "Alianza por la calidad de educación."  It's kind of like the Bush/Spellings NCLB rigamorole we've had to put up with in the States, except imagine if 60% of the schools in Oregon went out on strike to protest the law.  Yeah, pretty 

impressive, don't you think? 

    Regina and I happened to walk right into the activity on Friday - the downtown of Cuernavaca is the main gathering place, 

and by now, all the downtown routes are blocked off by the strike action, and drivers have to take the long way around the city to get anywhere.   (Interesting note: there doesn't seem to be any attempt to move strikers out of the main square - the police have set up wooden barriers, and everyone except cars has access to the downtown area).

       On Friday we again (without meaning to) ended up right in the middle of the action, this time overlooking the march of about 20,000 teachers, students, and parents who had gathered to protest the law, which they say is a move to privatize public education and reduce the rights of workers (sound familiar?)  Most people wore red and black, which are the traditional colors of any worker on strike here in Mexico (yep, striking is so common there is even a strike dress code!)

  "¡El pueblo, unido, nunca será vencido!"  (The people, united, will never be divided.)  Now ain't that the truth.