ACT Cebu Challenges the 8 Cebuano Congressmen

March 03, 2009
PRESS STATEMENT

References:
William Alterado ACT-Cebu City Chairperson
Benjie Paragsa ACT- Cebu City Secretary General


Public school teachers today are facing discrimination among government employees and professionals. The half of a million public school teaching and non-teaching personnel are experiencing economic dislocation. The daily cost of living is very high but salary still nailed to a lower level.

We, Alliance of Concerned Teachers Cebu in public schools demand for the immediate passage of legislation granting a P 9,000 in salary.

We , the Alliance of concerned Teachers in Cebu challenged our 8 Cebuano congressmen to help and support this legitimate and just demand for immediate passage of legislation granting a P9,000 legislated salary increase for public school teaching and non-teaching personnel. These proposed legislation intends to upgrade teachers salary not only to restore some of the purchasing power lost over the last seven years but also to address the growing disparity between the salaries of teachers and other positions in government.

Salaries of uniformed personnel had overtaken those in the teaching profession since the passage of legislation such as R.A. 8551, passed in 1998, which provided the basis for upgrading salaries of police personnel, and R.A. 9166 in 2002, which upgraded the pay of personnel in the armed forces. “A public school teacher today receives a basic monthly salary of P12,026. A mere cadet in the Philippine National Police Academy, on the other hand, receives P15,992. A 2nd Lieutenant in the armed forces, with academic qualifications similar to that of a teacher, receives P17,629. Aside from this, the lieutenant receives subsistence and other allowances and longevity pay amounting to an additional P5,333. Even a private receives more per month, at P15,036, than a public school teacher. Our demand for a P9,000 increase seeks to address this situation which has downgraded the teaching profession and demoralized teachers.”

UPGRADE TEACHERS SALARY NOW!
SUPPORT THE P9,000 LEGISLATED SALARY INCREASE FOR TEACHERS!
JUNK CONGRESSMAN NOGRALES SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW (SSL) 3 NOW!
P6,000 IS NOT ENOUGH, P9,000 IS FAIR AND RIGHT!