Teachers Demand 8.5 Percent Salary Increase

B.N.T.U. President Nadia Caliz emphasized that teachers are demanding an 8.5% salary increase. She pointed out that teachers have been patient for far too long and can no longer wait for the government to respond favorably, especially when salary increases are being approved in other sectors. Caliz made it clear that it’s time for teachers to receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.

 

Nadia Caliz, President, B.N.T.U.

“My teachers want to see two things, those who are waiting for their salaries via the increments or a salary upgrade, they want their stuff. They want their stuff. Then you have everybody who is looking forward for that salary adjustment and it is for everybody just to cope with inflation.”

 

Paul Lopez

“What does an adjustment look like in this case?”

 

Nadia Caliz

“We are asking for a minimum of eight point five percent. I emphasize on the minimum. That is what we are asking for. If you are asking me for a total, I will respond just like Minister Usher, we got to go and do the numbers. Who feels it knows it and every time we ask for an adjustment that is the first thing they do, twenty C.E.O.s, five thousand teachers. That is what they show us. For us it is the principle. You have asked us to wait and understand the state of the economy and we have been trying to work with you.”