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25

Mar

By Cali Asajar and Mei Lin Weng

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UST admin sought P500,000 backpay for only 17 out of 2,000 teachers, faculty union says

OUT OF roughly 2,000 faculty members, only 17 teachers will receive a P500,000 backpay from the 2020 to 2024 tuiton hike proceeds sharing scheme proposed by the University, the UST Faculty Union (USTFU) said. The union made the claim as it filed a notice of strike before the labor department…

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25

Mar

By Mei Lin Weng

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UST faculty union files strike notice as impasse on benefits remains unresolved

THE UST Faculty Union (USTFU) lodged a notice of strike before the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday, March 25, as talks on improved salaries and benefits with the University administration remain unresolved. Members of the faculty union gathered at the DOLE office in Intramuros, Manila, to seek the…

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22

Mar

By The Flame News

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UST’s refusal to release tuition hike shares an ‘economic coercion’ – labor coalition

    WITHHOLDING THE UST faculty members’ salary increases and benefits from previous tuition hikes is “unfair” and is a form of “economic coercion,” one of the country’s largest labor coalition said, as it urged universities to follow the law instead of “exploiting loopholes.” In a post expressing support for…

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21

Mar

By The Flame News

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UST Communications chair to promote humanities as research output during second term in NRCP

NEWLY REELECTED National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) division chair and Artlets Prof. Joyce Arriola vowed to work to increase the appreciation for humanities to meet global research standards without compromising its “liberating” characteristics. Arriola, the head of the UST Communications department, said one of her visions for her…

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21

Mar

By The Flame News

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Do not settle for simple answers when pursuing stories, campus journalists told

ASPIRING REPORTERS should go beyond surface-level answers when pursuing stories to discover underlying angles that may not be obvious to the public eye, a veteran journalist and Artlets graduate said. During his lecture in a forum titled “Storytelling in Journalism,” Philippine Daily Inquirer executive editor and The Flame alumnus Volt Contreras urged student journalists…

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20

Mar

By Cali Asajar and Christian Querol

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Manila, Legazpi campuses to boost partnership to develop ‘UST brand,’ rector says

THE UST Manila and Legazpi campuses have agreed to strengthen their academic partnership through enriched and mutually beneficial programs to develop the “brand” of the oldest Catholic university in Asia, University Rector Fr. Richard Ang, O.P. said. In an interview with The Flame, Ang said the institutions are eyeing to build academic opportunities…

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18

Mar

By Zoe Airabelle Aguinaldo

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European languages degree program eyed in UST

THOMASIANS MAY soon specialize in the Spanish or French language as the UST Department of Modern Languages is planning to launch a degree program to allow them to keep pace with global trends and to boost cross-cultural understanding. The four-year undergraduate program is part of the department’s ongoing efforts to…

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16

Mar

By Mei Lin Weng

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UST faculty union says earliest possible strike after Labor Day if CBA impasse is not resolved

THE UST Faculty Union (USTFU) has raised the possibility of staging a strike as early as May 2 if the administration fails to resolve the ongoing impasse on the collective bargaining agreement (CBA). In a tentative timeline showing its next course of action, the faculty union announced that it would…

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16

Mar

By Veancy Palad

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UST says no disruptions in campus operations despite deadlock in CBA talks

  Classes and other campus operations won't be affected by the deadlock in the ongoing collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on the tuition hike share of faculty members, the UST administration said. “We assure the entire Thomasian community that this impasse will not disrupt classes or University operations,” the University said…

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15

Mar

By The Flame News

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UST faculty union declares deadlock, considers holding a strike if impasse is not resolved

THE UST Faculty Union (USTFU) officially declared a deadlock in the 2021-2026 collective bargaining agreement talks on Friday, March 14, saying it will take legal remedies if the University administration fails to resolve the impasse within the “cooling off” period. The USTFU panel members said they would file a notice…

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