THE University of Santo Tomas Faculty Union (USTFU) has filed a notice of strike before the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) after negotiations with the UST Administration for its 2021-2026 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) reached a deadlock.
The USTFU said that it declared a deadlock because of the university's refusal to release the faculty's share from tuition increases, amounting to over P220 million collected from 2020 to 2023, which, it claimed, violates Republic Act 6728 and RA 6728 and CHED Memorandum Order 8, Series of 2012, which require that 70 percent of tuition fee increases be immediately allocated to the salaries and benefits of teaching and non-teaching personnel.
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