AObmembers agree to the new collective labor agreement for primary education
AObmembers are satisfied with the collective labor agreement in primary education: 73 percent agree. The willingness to take action remains unabated. 95 percent want to continue with the actions. Almost half of the members would prefer a multi-day strike if there is no extra money after Budget Day.
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“We confidently presented this agreement to our members because we always said: it is a one-year agreement”, says Eugenie Stolk, director of the AOb. “That is why our members agree, but it is not enough for the long term. The pay gap between primary and secondary education must be closed. ”
De AOb held a members' poll on the collective labor agreement over the past two weeks, conducted by the Regioplan research agency. A total of 4568 members from primary education completed the questionnaire. Partly on the basis of this poll, the AObsector council for primary education with the new collective labor agreement.
At the beginning of June it was announced that the negotiators were out. There was an agreement for a new collective labor agreement in primary education. An important agreement in this agreement is the abolition of the LA salary scale and the shifting of teachers to a higher salary scale. The unions and employers also agreed on a wage increase of 2,5 percent and made agreements about the division of labor. The new CLA has a short term: until 1 March 2019.
Support
The poll shows that with 76 percent, teachers are the most positive about the total package of the collective labor agreement, followed by the directors of whom 72 percent support the agreement. The educational supporters are the least positive. A narrow majority of 55 percent supports the agreement. They feel that the differences in their job and that of teachers are becoming too great because only teachers receive extra pay rises due to the abolition of the LA salary scale and the agreements about the new job descriptions.
The pay gap between primary and secondary education must be closed
All members are positive about the salary increase of 2,5 percent and the one-off payment of 750 euros gross. Nearly three-quarters of all groups, teachers, supporters and directors, indicate that they support this agreement. A large majority of teachers are satisfied with the new job descriptions and the abolition of the LA salary scale. 90 percent indicate this. The directors also support this with 87 percent. The fact that the team can now determine the division of labor can count on 88 percent of the teachers. At 63 percent, a smaller proportion of the management agree with this agreement.
High willingness to take action
Another clear picture can be seen from the poll. Namely that the primary education staff are not tired yet on strike. Willingness to take action remains unabated at 95 percent. In the poll, the AObmembers also indicate their preferences for actions. This is still disputed: 44 percent want a strike that lasts several days, slightly more than 20 percent would prefer the schools to close for one day. This collective labor agreement is a good first step, but the members indicate that it must be continued.
Stolk: “Op September 12 schools in South Holland and Zeeland will be closed. We then collect in Rotterdam. It is then shortly before Prinsjesdag. We really hope that this cabinet has now realized that more is needed. The teacher shortage will not disappear by itself. "
You can find the report with all the results of the member poll via this link find.
