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Friday, September 12, 2003
San Agustin employees favor holding strike against admin
MAJORITY of the members of the University of San Agustin (USA) Employees Union Wednesday voted in favor of holding a strike against the school administration following a deadlock in the negotiations of their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
A total of 336 union members said they want to hold a strike while only 69 said otherwise.
The strike vote was supervised by a representative of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB).
Union president Theodore Neil Lasola said the result is "overwhelming."
He said the union is ready to hold a strike but before finalizing their plans, they will meet with the university president Thursday.
"We are hopeful that our talk with the president will have a positive result," he said.
The union had earlier said the impending strike is an off-shoot of the deadlock in the negotiations between the union and the administration on the economic benefits of employees.
Foremost among the issues they aired, they said, is the refusal of the management to grant the 70 percent share due to employees as a result of the latest tuition increase.
The union accused the management of "blatantly" disregarding Republic Act 6728, which mandates that 70 percent of the hike in tuition incremental proceeds should be allotted for the increase in the salaries and benefits of the employees.
The administration, however, appealed for sobriety among the school's more than 650 employees.
It said that given the current compensation package, the administration finds the union's demands unreasonable considering the university's financial position, which has been worsened by the steady decline in enrolment over the past three years.
The administration said the union demands for a package of benefits amounting to nearly P38 million over a two-year period, P23.8 million of which will be given this academic year.
(September 11, 2003 issue)
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