The whole of Holland is on strike
From Zaltbommel to Vlagtwedde: throughout the Netherlands, teachers and other educational staff are holding actions today to show that they are on strike. Christmas balls with wishes for the Christmas tree in Emmen and teachers handing out sweets in Haarlem. An overview.
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De AOb keeps ten meetings myself through the whole country. Colleagues who have questions about the collective labor agreement or want to discuss the action plan can contact Utrecht, Deventer, Groningen and Alkmaar, among others. AOb-chairman Liesbeth Verheggen will give a short speech in Rotterdam and the team of primary school De Vlaamse Reus will provide the music at the action meeting in Alkmaar. In Deventer and Nijmegen DJs will play records.
Do you live near The Hague? Then go to the City Hall where the AOb has arranged an oliebollen stall. On presentation of the strike call get AObmembers a free oliebol.
Pop-up action centers have been set up in the Northern Netherlands, in Leeuwarden and Groningen. Anyone who comes by can leave a video message for education minister Arie Slob and there is hot chocolate.
Crystal clear statement
Various participation councils from Tilburg and the surrounding area will hold a joint manifestation on Koningsplein in Tilburg from 1 pm. There is a stage and two teachers interview the alderman and the director of the teacher training college. On their flyer, the organizers call on the educational staff to come: 'We will all show and hear to Tilburg what we stand for! If we don't hold together now and make a crystal-clear statement towards Dutch society, no one will take education seriously anymore.'
'If we are not jointly tenacious and make a crystal-clear statement to Dutch society, nobody will take education seriously anymore.'
Primary school De Vlasgaard in Zeeland is also ready for the strike tomorrow. Parent Pieter van Schooten - who normally writes songs for Dutch artists such as René Froger and Jeroen van der Boom - emails that she a battle song and that they will play that song at a meeting in Nijmegen. 'My two children are at school there and I can see how tough the teacher's profession has become. And I am completely shocked by the burnout figures. This is my attempt to encourage them.'
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The team from the Waddenschool location Molenwijk will be handing out sweets on the Grote Markt in Haarlem between 11 am and 12 noon. '270 million: a sweetener with a sour aftertaste.'
Teachers will also bake pancakes tomorrow. The team from primary school Kiezel en Kei in Bergambacht wants to sell the pancakes tomorrow for the charity of Serious Request. They will also be working in Den Bosch for this annual 3FM campaign. Primary school Het Bossche Broek has recorded a single and is going to sell it.
Volunteering is another action method of teachers tomorrow. For example, 25 employees of the Amsterdam school foundation Staij will do voluntary work in the morning in the De Gooyer care home. previously told teacher Marleen Hietland that they will serve coffee at the Polderburen residential care center in Almere.
