Unions are committed to retaining purchasing power in cao negotiations for MBO
Purchasing power retention for all employees in MBO. That is one of the agreements that the AOb want to include in the new collective agreement. Career prospects are also an important spearhead: an LC position must be possible without leaving the classroom.
“These are going to be tough negotiations,” admits AObdirector Henrik de Moel, who is sitting at the negotiating table. “Certainly in combination with the high inflation and the expected wage scope that will be too low. We must ensure that the profession remains attractive. There is a major shortage of teaching staff in MBO, we must do everything we can to prevent people from going to work elsewhere because of the money.”
We must ensure that the profession remains attractive
Therefore, the AOb with the other unions to preserve purchasing power. Now, especially employees in lower scales are the victims of the high inflation. That is why the AOb compensate these groups as much as possible.
Continue to grow
Career prospects are an important topic in this round of negotiations. The AOb believes that by 2025, three out of five teachers should be in an LC salary scale or higher. The money is already available for this. “It is important that you can continue to grow in the classroom. This means that teachers who perform well should reach an LC scale, without having to perform all kinds of tasks outside the classroom,” says De Moel. The AOb wants to make national agreements in the collective labor agreement to prevent competition both within and outside education.
Three out of five teachers must be in an LC pay grade or higher by 2025
For OBP personnel who are given more and more responsibilities and therefore need more knowledge, an up-to-date description and evaluation of their functions should be reviewed. “They are just as indispensable as teachers and must also be able to grow.”
Workload
The negotiators also want to make an appointment to support teaching teams. They must be given the opportunity to have their annual task calculated to see which tasks should be canceled in order to curb the workload. “If education teams cannot come to an agreement with the school management about the formation or scrapping of tasks, they must be able to have this calculated.” Furthermore, employees must be given more say about how they want to use the personal budget and the possibility to save it over a number of years. This concerns the compartment of 1200 hours in the annual task.
Education teams must be able to have their annual task calculated
De Moel: “Another point to ease the workload is the right to inaccessibility. Free time is really free time and then you don't have to respond to emails or whatsapp requests. We want a collective labor agreement article about this.” The unions also want to evaluate the agreement on the workload plans. Do those plans work well, is the question and do they help to reduce the workload or the perception of it? The negotiators are scrutinizing the hours needed for coordination, mail, team and apps and see if they can be made available in the annual task.
lung covid
Furthermore, the AOb just like in the other sectors, compensation for colleagues who are struggling with lung covid. Employers in MBO must take out group disability insurance with full coverage. In this collective labor agreement, the unions also want to improve other agreements, for example, travel costs must rise from 19 cents per kilometer to 21 cents and parental leave must also apply to other forms of family than just the traditional one.
The current collective agreement expires on June 1, 2023. The negotiators want to agree on a collective agreement that will apply for one year. AObdirector De Moel: “MBO is important, that is widely recognized by everyone. New collective labor agreements are in line with this, which ensure that enough colleagues come to work in MBO and that existing colleagues are retained.”
View the entire bet the letter from the unions. It also contains the requirements of the unions specifically for starters and additional requirements for parental leave. The employers' organization MBO-raad also made today commitment known.
