
On Tuesday 7 March 2017 there was a tense situation in the Mauricio Baez Club in Santo Domingo at a meeting of the national public teachers unions. Some teachers began a fight over differences arising from the agreement on salary increases reached with the Ministry of Education.
The teachers insisted that the salary increase of 10% should start from this month and not in August as suggested by Education Minister Andrés Navarro.
This provoked the anger of representatives of the 155 sections who called for a national strike and the removal of the “traitors” within their ranks, accusing the heads of the Dominican Teachers’ Association of being loyal members of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD).
Eduardo Hidalgo, president of the ADP, said that the committee approved the 10% and that they would send a communication to the Ministry to say it should be backdated to April or June.
At the end of the meeting, Hidalgo called for a national union meeting next week, as a result of having come to an agreement with the Ministry.
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