Contribution of members is crucial for the new collective labor agreement for primary education
AObprimary education director Eugenie Stolk is in the middle of negotiations for a new collective labor agreement. The talks are progressing. Stolk: "Within a few weeks, we need the members' opinions and input on important themes." The state of affairs at the moment.
Since the beginning of February, negotiations for a new collective labor agreement in primary education have been underway. “The focus is now on two areas for which the opinion of our members is very important,” says Stolk on behalf of the AOb negotiates. For example, the parties to the collective labor agreement are already well on the way to making agreements about time, working hours and leave. This concerns, for example, the division of work, how often teachers should be at school. “We want to reach an agreement in which the team has much more influence in determining the division of labor. Nowadays it is often still imposed from above ”, says Stolk. In the deployment of the AOb it was already stated that there should be another appointment for the 40-hour working week. The parties are now working on a concept. Stolk: “We are going to present this to our members to see if they like it. Only then will we continue with it. ”
AObdirector Eugenie Stolk: “We want to reach an agreement in which the team has much more influence in determining the division of labor. Now it is often still imposed from above. ”
The input of the members is also important when developing new job descriptions. The job descriptions date from 2006, are outdated and no longer always fit in with practice. “The academic teacher, for example, is not yet described separately. Functions have sometimes become more complex and should actually be reassessed. ” The AOb wants to hear practical stories from a representative group of teachers and support staff through meetings, together with the other unions and the employers' organization PO-raad. “We want to find out whether the work they do matches the descriptions.”
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The social partners also negotiate contracts and dismissals. The central questions are: within what period is dismissal possible in the event of a reorganization and what benefits will the teaching staff receive. Positions were exchanged on 6 March. The parties will discuss this further on 21 March.
“We try to keep up the momentum,” says Stolk. "Certainly because the money - 270 million euros - that is already available for more salary will only be released when a new collective labor agreement is in place." The AOb thinks this amount is too low and demands 900 million euros. "The need is great, teachers deserve more appreciation."
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