Unions and employers working on closing pay gap in collective labor agreement
Trade unions and employers in primary education are busy closing the pay gap: the salary difference between primary and secondary education. This operation is currently being worked out as part of the primary education collective labor agreement negotiations.
Source: AOb
In the coalition agreement, which was presented at the end of last year, it has been established that the pay gap will be bridged. “This difference in salaries between primary school workers and their secondary school colleagues has been a thorn in our side for a long time,” says AObdirector Thijs Roovers.
The unions and employers in primary education are making bridging the pay gap now concrete in the collective labor agreement negotiations† “Although at first glance it seems like an easy task, this transfer still has the necessary technical snags. They have to be visualized,” says Roovers.
To ensure that the 150 people in primary education are paid the same as their colleagues in secondary education – that is quite a job
For example, the collective labor agreement provides primary education for people in all positions, including support staff. Roovers: “In total, this concerns more than 150 people, who are in different salary scales and not all will benefit equally. To ensure that everyone will soon be rewarded the same as their colleagues in secondary education – that is quite a job.”
Various calculations are now on the table. Roovers: “With these calculations in hand, we can start a conversation with our new minister in the short term. We hope to close the pay gap by the end of the first quarter of 2022.”
Check the current Collective labor agreement for primary education
