ACT Teachers Partylist

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ACT Teachers Partylist
Ideology Educator interests
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation Makabayan
ColorsNavy Blue, Red
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 63
(Party-list seats only)
ACT Teachers Congresswoman France Castro speaking in a mobilization against oil price hike, March 18, 2022. Rally vs Oil Price Hike ACT Teachers Cong Castro.jpg
ACT Teachers Congresswoman France Castro speaking in a mobilization against oil price hike, March 18, 2022.

The ACT Teachers Partylist is a political party representing teachers and education sector workers with a seat in the 15th and 16th Philippine Congress, [1] and with two seats in the 17th Philippine Congress. [2] It is represented in the 18th Philippine Congress by educator and trade union organizer France Castro. [3] ACT Teachers Partylist is part of the left-wing Makabayan Bloc, [4] and is known for its active campaign for salary hikes for teachers, [5] successful tax reduction initiatives, optional poll service duty for teachers, and lowering of optional retirement age of public school teachers. [1] [6]

ACT Teachers Partylist is also an active proponent of the Supreme Court cases against the Philippine government's K to 12 system, co-filing at least two K to 12-related cases in 2015, [7] [8] and successfully securing a temporary restraining order (TRO) against a government order that abolishes Filipino language subject in college. [8] It also supported the abolition of the corruption-prone pork barrel system in the Philippine congress. [9] [10]

ACT Teachers Partylist was founded by members and affiliates of Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Philippines on January 5, 2008, in an assembly at Quezon City.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "REP. ANTONIO L. TINIO". ACT Teachers Party-list. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  2. ↑ Uy, Jocelyn R. "New groups make it to party-list's Top 10". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  3. ↑ Ingles, Macel (2019-04-16). "ACT Party-list's Castro wins international award for work on trade union rights". ABS-CBN. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  4. ↑ Ager, Maila. "Makabayan bloc endorses Poe-Escudero tandem". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  5. ↑ "SSL hurdles final reading at lower house". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  6. ↑ "ACT Teachers Party-list  » House Bills". www.act-teachers.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  7. ↑ Torres-Tupas, Tetch. "K-12 to displace thousands of teachers, students, say critics". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  8. 1 2 "SC stops CHED's 'anti-Filipino' new GE curriculum". Rappler. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  9. ↑ Gamil, Jaymee T. "Congress urged to junk 2015 budget due to pro-DAP provisions". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  10. ↑ Cruz, RG. "Scrap legislative, executive 'pork', PNoy urged". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
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