Collective bargaining for primary education on four themes
De AOb takes action and negotiates a new collective labor agreement for primary education for 2017-2018. The union does this on four themes. Salary, workload, professionalization and sustainable employability.
Statue: AOb. Nl
Director Eugenie Stolk explains: 'Salaries and the so-called job structure in primary education are of course the subject of collective bargaining. How can we best incorporate the extra 270 million? But we also talked extensively about work pressure, professionalization and sustainable employability."
Practical
In the coming period, the negotiating parties will have to make many practical decisions. For example: how long will the term of this CLA be? What about co-determination? And what will happen to contract forms in primary education? Eugenie Stolk: "The aim is to tackle a major theme every month. This month, work pressure is central. At the moment we are still in a discussion phase. We will keep the AObmembers via our website, Facebook page and newsletters or ask them for their opinion."
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De AOb already has the commitment to this new collective labor agreement certain. In the meantime, the other trade unions and the employers' umbrella organization PO council have also published their commitment. The unions want to get the money from the work pressure agreement to the workplace as quickly as possible. That is why the collective bargaining will continue as usual, at the same time as the relay strikes for more money.
Stolk of the AOb: "The need is great now. Every day, teachers let us know that there is no replacement for their classes, or we read reports about people who are willing to work in education, provided that something is done about salaries and workload."
In terms of workload, the unions generally deploy as follows:
- AOb/ FNV
-> Wants to have smaller classes with an average of 1 full-time teacher per 23 students. In time, the AOb reduce the maximum teaching workload of the teacher to 880 hours per year, or 22 hours per week. In the short term, the workload can be reduced by adjusting the task policy, the agreements on sustainable employability and the implementation of the 40-hour working week. Read the whole AOb-effort here.
- CNV Education
-> Wants, among other things, a (phased) reduction in the number of teaching hours, from 25 to 20 hours per week as the basic norm. This union also wants to make agreements about the task policy. For example, CNV wants to set a maximum for OOP students on the number of FTEs that a school leader can supervise. Read the entire CNV entry here.
- FvOv
-> Wants to delete the provisions surrounding the 40-hour working week. In the eyes of FvOv, this did not bring what was the intention at the time. An annual task is more flexible and fits better with the rhythm of the schools. Read the complete commitment of the FvOv here.
- PO in action
Want to replace 40-hour work week and unclear task policy models
through clear agreements. Read the entire PO in action commitment here.
- AVS
The word 'work pressure' does not appear in the deployment of the AVS. See here the deployment of the AVS.
Employers' umbrella
According to the employers' organization PO Council, the emphasis will continue to be on workload management in the coming years. In their commitment to the collective labor agreement 2017-2018 says the council: "If we manage the workload properly, teachers will also have more time and space to realize the high ambitions they have for their students."
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