Teachers of the Flore foundation receive wages in the second strike
Should it come to a second strike in primary education on 12 December, the Flore school foundation in Heerhugowaard will continue to pay the wages of the teachers and supporters. Adrie Groot, chairman of the board of the foundation, says this. "The situation is exactly the same as last time."
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The ultimatum that the PO front - in which the AOb and other educational organizations are united - will expire in the week of 5 December. If Minister Arie Slob does not come up with 1,4 billion euros for work pressure reduction and a better salary, primary school teachers will again go on strike on 12 December. Earlier on primary schools closed their doors on October 5.
Most school boards continued to pay their staff that first strike because they support the goals of the actions. "It was very special that they did that," reports a spokesperson for the PO council, the representative of the primary school boards, by email. 'Employers are not obliged to continue to pay their salary in the event of a strike, the strike fund of the unions is used for this. Most strikes are aimed at employers, but now employers and teachers are side by side. '
Advice
The PO council is one of the organizations from the PO front. At the first strike, the council advised boards to continue paying. In the second strike in December, the council leaves it to the schools themselves, it appears the manual on the website. According to the communications officer, 23 percent of school boards previously indicated in a survey that they would continue to pay in the event of a second strike. "We do hear from more members that they will not continue to pay this time, but we do not know exactly how many boards it concerns," writes the spokesman. 'That does not alter the fact that the boards support the actions of the PO front.'
We do hear from more members that they will not continue to pay this time, but we do not know exactly how many boards are involved
The Consent Foundation in Enschede has already informed the staff that they will not continue to pay, but it does support the goals and actions. The board, with 32 schools, writes to the employees that they are aiming for more hands in the classroom through additional teaching assistants. "We are unable to deploy any more resources."
Same situation
The Flore Foundation, which employs about 750 teachers, intends to pay the teaching staff on December 12. “I support my staff and I agree with them completely,” says Chairman of the Board Groot. “Moreover, I have already had the funding and I have not heard that OCW will reclaim the money. All executives have been informed of the position and it will be posted on our intranet this week. I myself do not understand the change with other school boards, I have not heard a new argument. The situation is the same as in October. ”
Groot does not yet know whether all schools of the Flore foundation will be closed again, just like on 5 October. “We are now taking stock of that. It is an individual choice whether or not to strike. I hope the whole of the Netherlands will participate. ”
End of September left AObdirector Tamar van Gelder already know that education employees who are members of a trade union receive possible travel costs and a compensation of 61 euros during the strike day.
