Enrique De León / Acento
The Ministry of Education and the striking ADP, the public school teachers’ union, are again talking. The impasse has mostly revolved around a Ministry-approved teacher raise for 8% when the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP), that represents the public school teachers, is asking for 20%.
In an arbiter role, social activist Enrique de León announced the two parties would meet on Wednesday, 8 May to further the talks to end the work stoppages. De León, a social and union activist, is recently known for his lobbying in the climate change and energy sector.
Since 2016, when the Danilo Medina administration began to implement the law that orders 4% of GDP to be awarded to public education, public school teachers have seen giant leaps in their compensation and benefit programs. Nevertheless, the public school system has little to show in advances in...
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