AOb is aiming for 5 percent more wages in the new collective labor agreement for higher professional education
The unions and employers today exchanged their commitment to a new collective labor agreement for higher professional education. The AOb aims for a wage increase of 5 percent, agreements about compliance with the collective labor agreement and a reduction in workload. “The requirements are far apart,” says AObdriver Douwe van der Zweep. "It will continue to work to have a new collective labor agreement on 1 April."
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Negotiations for a new collective labor agreement in higher professional education will start in March. The current CLA runs until April 1, 2020. The negotiators hope to present a new CLA before that date. That will be quite a job. Van der Zweep: “The commitment of employers is very old-fashioned. ”
Employers' commitment is very old-fashioned
In addition, the efforts of the higher education school boards show that they want to change earlier agreements about sustainable employability. “They want to make fewer hours available for this and then education staff should spend it mainly on professionalization. Their commitment is very strong: 'the employer determines'. We would like to talk further about developing a good collective labor agreement, this threatens to be a step backwards. ”
We would like to talk further about developing a good collective labor agreement, as this threatens to be a step backwards
Pay raise
De AOb eist a wage increase of 5 percent for all teaching staff in higher professional education, in line with the national FNV requirement. The employers have not yet made a wage offer. “It is also rewarding according to what you ask for,” says Van der Zweep. "Ask for your master's level, then scale 11 is just part of it."
Another important point, which also emerged from the survey among HBO employees, is compliance with the collective labor agreement. The AOb therefore wants to set up a compliance foundation. “Everyone can go there, teachers, but also other universities of applied sciences and unions. Problems can be reported there, the foundation can then start an investigation. ”
Reducing workload is another important point during this negotiation round. Van der Zweep: “We want more air to enter the grid. Then there is time to walk from one location to another, for example. ”
New CLA
The stakes are far apart, but the negotiators are hopeful. "It will be hard work, but if both sides want it, we hope that a new collective labor agreement will succeed."
