Alliance of Concerned Teachers
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT-Teachers) is a progressive national democratic mass organization of teachers, academics, and other education workers in the Philippines, established on June 26, 1982. It is the largest non-traditional teachers' organization in the country, and campaigns for the economic and political rights of teachers and other education workers as well as on wider social and political issues.
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT Teachers) | |
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| Leader | Antonio Tinio |
| Founded | 1982 2010 (as party-list) |
| Headquarters | Quezon City |
| Ideology | National democracy Progressivism Left-wing nationalism Teachers interests Human rights |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Bayan Makabayan |
| Colors | Light blue |
| Slogan | Ang Tunay na Tinig ng Teachers! (The Real Voice of the Teachers!) |
| Seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines | 1 / 303
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| House of Representatives party-list seats | 1 / 63
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| ACT-Teachers.com | |
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ACT Teachers Partylist is part of the left-wing Makabayan Bloc, and is known for its active campaign for salary hikes for teachers, successful tax reduction initiatives, optional poll service duty for teachers, and lowering of optional retirement age of public school teachers.
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