REPRESENTATIVE Antonio L. Tinio (ACT Teachers party-list) on Friday turned over the teachers’ federation building he funded from his 2010 Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
Bacolod City Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson and Councilors El Cid Familiaran and Homer Bais joined Tinio in the inauguration and blessing of the Bacolod City Public School Teachers’ Federation (BCPSTF) building, located at Rosario-San Juan Street. “We are very happy that I have assisted and helped an organization that genuinely fights for the rights and interests of the teachers,” Tinio said. Tinio also lauded BCPSTF in its recent affiliation with the Alliance of the Concerned Teachers. He cited that among the positive results of such affiliation is the conduct of mass actions and dialogues with GSIS concerning the plight of the teachers. The Bacolod City teachers have been actively participating in the struggle for better salaries and benefits of public school teachers. With this building, the teachers will now have a venue more conducive for their trainings, meetings and conferences, Tinio added. The BSCPTF is comprised of 22 faculty clubs, 46 teachers’ leagues, seven district leagues and one teacher association or a total of 2,700 teachers in the Division of Bacolod City. Tinio also reported that he has proposed a bill (RA 2142) in Congress that will upgrade the Salary Grade 11 to Salary Grade 15, which will increase the monthly pay of the Teacher 1 from P17,000 to P25,000 per month. The bill aims to give the teachers a decent living so that they can really focus their time and effort in giving schoolchildren the needed quality public education. It has gained a lot of support - with 140 co-authors. As to their timeframe, it would be appropriate to really push for its approval next year because it will be the final implementation of the last round of the salary standardization law. It would be timely to discuss and push for this next year because they don’t want that same situation during the incumbency of former President Arroyo that from 2001 to 2006, the teachers did not enjoy any salary increase, Tinio said. Carla N. Canet Sun Star Bacolod
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