Silliman University signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the SU Staff Association (SUSA) July 18. It covers the school years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021.
“SUSA understood the administration’s position to negotiate within the tenets of affordability, sustainability, and with due respect to the fragility of the university,” said SU negotiation panel chief Atty. Karissa Faye Tolentino-Maxino.
SU’s chief negotiator said that the SU and SUSA negotiators were guided by mutual respect and love for Silliman, and the negotiation was easy because the negotiating panels agreed on certain parameters and ground rules. The panels met five times from June 7 until July 11, when they were able to reach an agreement.
The SU negotiation panel was headed by Atty. Tolentino-Maxino while that of SUSA was led by its President Vcpierre Morris Calunsag.
Both panels agreed that the basis for the negotiations should be the 70 percent of the tuition increment and carry-over scheme because it is the most reliable and predictable source of income.
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Maxino disclosed that there will be a salary increase of P500 per month for 2019-2020 and P1,300 per month for 2021-2022; signing bonus of P2,000 plus Christmas bonus of P2,000 for 2019-2020 to be given on Dec. 15; and year-end bonus of P4,500 to be given on Dec. 31, 2020.
Other benefits agreed on for SUSA members include an increase in rice subsidy of P50 per month for 2019-2020 and P338 per month for 2020-2021; an increase in staff performance incentive to P2,000 for 2019-2020 and from P3,000 pesos for 2020-2021; the continuation of the 14th month pay, service recognition award, and retirement benefit, among others.
SU President Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann expressed happiness for the new agreement. “I am so glad for the SUSA and administration panels,” she said. “Nothing substitutes for open minds, mutual understanding, and concern for the sustainability of our University operation. All for Silliman, a quality Christian university we hold dear.” (Melita Aguilar)
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