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Still No Meeting On Strike Fund Compromise
Mon, October 24, 2016
Payday for the teachers is coming up on this Friday, and all teachers, even those who went on the 11-day strike, won't have to worry about this paycheck being docked for their industrial action. But come next month, it is uncertain whether those teachers will be paid for those 11 school days at the end of November.

There is a proposal on the table from Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, for the the BNTU to use its strike fund to pay those teachers who didn't go to work. If the fund does not have all the money to cover the entire amount, that's when the Government will be willing to step in and supplement with monies of their own.

The BNTU hasn't gotten back to him as yet, and all the checks we've made says there has been no change as yet. Faber has indicated that he his ready and willing to meet with President Luke Palacio at whatever date and time is convenient for him, but BNTU representatives tell us that the union's council of management has not met yet to give him the mandate needed to attend this meeting.

We were also informed that Palacio was seeking a meeting with the Managing Authorities of the different schools countrywide, but that dialog could not happen today due to logistical reasons. As we told you, the court has ruled that those Managing Authorities still have the discretion to pay teachers, even if they take industrial action. We'll keep follow up to find out how this salary matter becomes resolved.

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