Actions at VO council for new collective labor agreement
The incentives for a new collective labor agreement are gaining momentum. This afternoon, juggling gymnastics teachers protested at the annual meeting of the VO council employers' organization. They showed employers how difficult it is to keep all the balls in the air, sometimes literally.
Image: Sijmen Hendriks
Yesterday there was also an injection campaign. Lecturers from the Dendron College in Horst came by action bus from Limburg to Utrecht to make their voices heard at the VO council. The teachers clarified the problems they face every day in their classroom and in their school. It was high time that the employers behind their desks heard about the high workload in the classroom.
Next week, another team of teachers will come to protest at the secondary education council on Thursday 7 June, this time from the north of the country.
Promoting teachers and supporters juggle at the VO-council employers' organization to let them know that they have to keep too many balls in the air. They want less work pressure, more salary and fewer hours of teaching. (Image: Dorien König /AOb)
National actions
Until now, injections have mainly been conducted in secondary education. If employers do not agree, larger national campaigns will follow after the summer holidays. If you don't want to hear, just feel. The requirements of the AOb For a new collective labor agreement, 20 lessons per week - the European average - and smaller classes have been and will remain. Because the workload is now so high that teachers no longer have the time and space to do their work well. This is at the expense of the quality of education. So take action: for yourself, for your colleagues, for good education and ultimately for your students!
The teachers and supporters from secondary education point out their demands again this afternoon to Paul Rosenmöller (center), chairman of the VO council employers' organization. They want fewer hours, more pay and smaller classes. They took juggling balls to make it clear that they should keep too many balls in the air at school.
