Updates
Teachers to PNoy: Justice for farmers and farm workers of Hacienda Luisita!
“The thorny issue of land distribution is once again awaiting a decisive action by PNoy. He should remember, that it was hailed then as a landmark law during her mother’s term as president of this land. So what are you waiting for Pnoy?”, said Ms.France Castro, Secretary-general of Alliance of Concerned Teachers. “Those farmers have waited for more than twenty years and so justice must be served,” she added.
Teachers support exploited Filipino teachers in Louisiana
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) expressed support to more than 350 Filipino teachers in Louisiana, who filed charges against the placement agencies who have been collecting illegal fees, and threatened the teachers of sending them home if they resisted.
TEACHERS LAMENT DELAY IN THEIR SALARY INCREASE, DECRIES THAT P-NOY WAS FAVORED IN THIS SITUATION
“Public school teachers have not yet received their 2nd tranche of increase under the Salary Standardization Law III, or Republic Act No. 6758, France Castro, Secretary-General of ACT said.
It is already August 7, 2010 and the public school teachers have not yet received the second tranche of increase in their salaries.
Teachers oppose 12-year basic education program
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) opposed the Department of Education (DepEd) 12-year basic education program.
ACT Secretary General France Castro said that adding years to the basic education program is not the solution to the crisis in Phil. Education. “We say NO to this plan being pushed by the DepEd and P-Noy. The 12- year basic education program will further deepen the chronic crisis of Philippine education which is caused and reflection of the chronic crisis of poverty and corrupt politics in the Philippines,” said Castro.
ACT Teachers Party-List files bill upgrading teachers' salaries
ACT Teachers Party-List today filed a bill in the House of Representatives mandating an increase in teachers' salaries. House Bill 2142, "The Public School Teachers' Salary Upgrading Act," raises the minimum salary grade level of public school teachers from Salary Grade 11 to Salary Grade 15.
Gobyerno at Serbisyong Publiko, Hindi Pribadong Negosyo! (Pahayag ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers hinggil sa unang SoNA )
‘For rent or for sale’ na ang gobyerno at ang serbisyong publiko.
Ito ang esensya ng pulitika ng “daang matuwid” sa unang SoNA o State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino!
Militant teachers to P-Noy: Walk your talk, ACT NOW!
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) joins the thousands of people’s and cause oriented groups who will march the streets today, to call on to P-Noy to heed and take concrete actions on the demands of teachers and of the people.
P-Noy, tama na ang mga salita at pangako! Ang kailangan ng taumbayan ay kongkretong aksyon!
Pahayag ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers sa kauna-unahang SONA ni P-Noy
July 26, 2010
Garcia should be the one prosecuted, not our congressman -- ACT
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) deplore the continuing harassment and intimidation of former Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Winston Garcia against ACT National Chairperson and ACT TEACHERS Partylist Representative Antonio L. Tinio.
What is taking P-Noy so long to remove GSIS President and General Manager Winston Garcia?
This is the million dollar question of the 30,000 strong members nationwide of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) to the new president .
It is more than a week now since President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III took his oath as the 15th Philippine president. So far, teachers and government employees have not yet heard anything from PNoy, not even a single word, about the burning issues of oppressive and exploitative policies of the GSIS headed by Winston Garcia.
