USTFU says UST seeking labor secretary’s intervention in dispute over salaries and benefits

UST admin urges labor secretary to intervene in negotiation deadlock

AMID A looming strike over an impasse in teachers’ salary and benefit upgrades, the UST management filed a petition for assumption of jurisdiction with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), a move that will let the labor secretary intervene in the University’s dispute with the faculty union to counter work stoppages. The petition was […] The post UST admin urges labor secretary to intervene in negotiation deadlock appeared first on The …

USTFU says UST seeking labor secretary’s intervention in dispute over salaries and benefits

THE UNIVERSITY has called on the Secretary of Labor to assume jurisdiction over the deadlock in negotiations for a new salary and benefits deal for teachers, the UST Faculty Union (USTFU) said on Tuesday, April 1.  In a statement containing updates about the first conciliation conference with the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) on March 28, the USTFU said UST management had filed a petition for the labor chief to intervene in th…