Mexico's Civil Servants to Block Border

In Mexico, civil servants don't mess around when it comes to fighting back against changes in their benefits. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports today that a Mexican teachers union "plans to block ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border tomorrow to protest changes to federal employee pension plans."

The idea is to wreak havoc with U.S. travelers' efforts to venture into Mexico for Labor Day weekend. And it's not the first time the Mexican teachers have used this tactic: In June, thousands of them shut down traffic at the San Ysidro, Calif. border checkpoint.

The teachers, by the way, are unhappy with a new Mexican law requiring government employees in the country to contribute more to their pension plans and to work longer.