REP. ANTONIO L. TINIO
Representative, ACT TEACHERS Party-List
National Chairperson, Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), 2002-present
Antonio L. Tinio was born in Quezon City, Philippines, in 1970. He graduated from the University of the Philippines-Diliman with a B.A. in Comparative Literature magna cum laude. He is a teacher by profession. From 1991 to 1995, he taught as an Instructor at the Department of English and Comparative Literature in the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He has also taught as a Lecturer at the Departmento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas at the same university.
Tinio was a founding member of Congress of Teachers and Educatiors for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND). Formed in 1994, CONTEND is a national organization of teachers committed to the struggle for genuine sovereignty and democracy in the Philippines. He became the National Campaign Coordinator of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers in 1998 and was elected its National Chairperson in 2002.
As ACT chairperson, Tinio serves as spokesperson for the organization’s numerous advocacies, including the rights and welfare of teachers and education workers and the struggle to uphold the people’s right to quality public education. Tinio is at the forefront of ACT’s campaigns, including the recent nationwide campaign to raise the salaries of teachers by P9,000; campaign against onerous policies of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS); and to increase government budget for education. He is also active in promoting respect for human and trade union rights in the education sector.
Tinio has likewise been an advocate of teachers’ issues at the international level. He has represented ACT at the Education International World Congress in Berlin in 2007 and the Education International Asia-Pacific Conference in Bangkok in 2009; organized an international academic conference on the impact of neoliberal globalization on education in Taipei in 2009; and went on a cross-country speaking tour of Canada in 2009 to raise awareness about the human rights situation in the Philippines.
Tinio is a founding member of ACT TEACHERS Party-List. As its National President, Tinio has likewise been active in promoting its advocacies, including the upgrading of teachers’ salaries, the refund of illegal deductions made by GSIS, and the protection of the right of suffrage of public school teachers serving as election inspectors in the May elections. #
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (15TH CONGRESS)
BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Vice Chairperson
CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Member for the Majority
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Member for the Majority
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION
Member for the Majority
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Member for the Majority
POPULATION AND FAMILY RELATIONS
Member for the Majority
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS
Member for the Majority
WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY
Member for the Majority
HUMAN RIGHTS
Member for the Majority
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACY
Member for the Majority
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