HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
Submitted by:
Crystelle M. Boron & Sittie Hayrezaman Diamad Submitted to:
Ms. Maribel Norbe
CASE # 1
CITADEL UNIVERSITY
CITADEL UNIVERSITY is a private, non-stock, sectarian educational institution, established pursuant to the Corporation Code of the Philippines and duly recognized and licensed by the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Education to offer basic, secondary, tertiary, graduate and post-graduate education. It has been in existence for 50 years. The University is managed by religious groups. Its highest governing body is the Board of Trustees. The University is headed by a President. There are over 1,000 employees and there are three unions organize and recognized as the bargaining units for their respective members. One union is composed of the non-teaching rank-and-file employees; the second union is comprised of the elementary and high school teachers, while the third consists of the college faculty. The existing collective bargaining agreement of the non-teaching union is for the period 2003 to 2008. The economic provisions were due for negotiation in January 2006 and notice had been served on management. The parties agreed to meet and to negotiate on January 9, 2006 and union officers were accompanied by their lawyer. Management was represented by the VP for human resources, VP for administrative affairs, VP for finance, director for guidance services center, and the in-house legal counsel.
A Union’s Proposals
During the negotiations, among the proposals presented by the union to amend the existing agreement were: 1) a five thousand (Php 5, 000.00) pesos salary increase spread over the remaining period of two years or P 2,500.00 increase for 2006 and another increase of P2,500.00 for 2007 and before the expiration of the CBA; 2) a 50% increase in seniority effective 2006; 3) additional five days’ vacation and sick leave credits effective school year