A Proposed Policy to Address Problems of Faculty Associations in State Universities and Colleges in the MIMAROPA Region, Philippines
Keywords:
Faculty Association, Employees’ right, Economic Welfare, Working Condition, Policy.Abstract
Faculty Associations or unions were organizations of persons having a common interest in protecting employees' rights, the advancement of economic welfare, and in the improvement of work terms and conditions. Faculty members in state universities and colleges is a growing sector which encounters a number of problems in the performance of their functions. This paper was conducted to determine the practices of faculty associations, the problems encountered, and the policy to address the issues of faculty associations. Concurrent triangulation design of the mixed quantitative –qualitative research methodology was used. It included 344 respondents from the 6 SUCs' in the MIMAROPA region. Numerical data gathered from the questionnaire were validated by qualitative information from focus group discussions and a series of interviews conducted. The study revealed that faculty associations in the MIMAROPA region were very satisfactory in the protection of employees' rights. As to the advancement of employees' economic welfare, faculty associations were rated as "very satisfactory" in ensuring compensation and loans or other sources of budget but only rated as "satisfactory" in providing bonuses. As to the improvement of work terms and conditions, faculty associations were deemed "very satisfactory" in ensuring the leave benefits and in professional and personal development but scored as "just satisfactory" in securing the workplace conditions, workloads, and health benefits. Problems encountered weresome faculty associations have lack of information dissemination on their activities plans and programs, some faculty association have problems in the representation of members' interest in the governing board, some have no financial report, and some universities and colleges have no approved faculty manual. A policy creating a faculty –management relation office/sections in State Universities and Colleges should be adapted.
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