Education demands 12 percent wage increase - otherwise strike after summer

May 26De AOb and the fellow trade unions are submitting a wage demand of 12 percent to the cabinet for primary and secondary education. If there is no good offer for wage increases by June 16, strikes will follow after the summer. READ MORE

A quarter of teaching staff are psychologically tired

May 31 Almost a quarter (24 percent) of education staff feel psychologically fatigued several times a month or more. This puts education in the top three. The emotional involvement of teaching staff is also the greatest... READ MORE

Education unions are campaigning throughout the Netherlands

May 25 Handed over to the cheers of protesting teachers AObchief executive Kim van Strien presented an empty shopping bag to Dennis Wiersma this afternoon in The Hague. Just before that, the education minister had already received a chest-high scroll with protest signatures, which… READ MORE

Six thousand signatures for a better internship allowance

May 23 Students handed over six thousand signatures today to members of parliament from GroenLinks, D66 and PvdA. With the presentation of the petition, set up by the AOb, do the teaching interns want attention for a standard internship allowance of 750 euros... READ MORE

AOb goes to court: how much room for wages does the government give?

May 15 De AOb demands that the cabinet disclose how much money education gets to raise wages. To obtain that openness, the union will go to court. READ MORE

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