‘No deal!’, Holy Angel University strike continues

ANGELES CITY–The Holy Angel University Teachers and Employees Union (HAUTEU) is on the 14th day of strike today, affecting the operations of one of the biggest universities in Central Luzon with some 19,000 students.

Veronica Pangilinan, HAUTEU spokesperson, stressed that they will continue their strike at the Holy Angel University (HAU) until the union’s demand be granted by the management.

The strike started on August 15 at the school whose board of directors is led by business tycoon Manuel “Manny” Pangilinan.

“We will go on until we get what we want,” said Pangilinan who was interviewed at the tents just outside the HAU main gate.

Pangilinan said the issue is not the low salary of the more than 600 workers of the HAU but “transparency.”
Pangilinan cited Republic Act 6728, or the law requiring 70 percent of incremental proceeds (IP) from tuition fee increase (TFI) should go to: the improvement of salaries, wages and benefits of teaching and non-teaching personnel; 20 percent for physical improvement; and, 10 percent for return of investment.

Pangilinan said the HAU had increased tuition fee at least five times since 2007.
She said that the HAUTEU led by its president, Dr. Edmond Maniago, “basically wants the report on where the increases and money go.”

“They gave us a report but it was not supported by documents,” said Pangilinan.
She said the operations at the HAU had been affected even if the management tapped “substitute” teachers to replace the striking teaching force.

“Some students just go out of the classrooms after reporting to school because they have no teachers. Some of the substitute teachers are not qualified to teach and this fact forces the students not to report to class,” said Pangilinan.

Pangilinan said the 385 members of the HAUTEU had hoped the union and the management would settle the difference and avoid the strike. She said that 304 of its members voted “yes” to the strike, while 24 disagreed during the voting on December 7.

“We waited longer or about eight months to give settlement a chance. We also considered some of our members and their families who may go hungry because of the policy ‘no work, no pay’,” said Pangilinan.

Headline Gitnang Luzon tried but failed to get the reaction of the HAU management, which has yet to issue official statements since the strike started.

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