PO front hands over ultimatum to Minister Slob
The PO front today handed over the ultimatum letter for new actions to Minister of Education Slob. The cooperating educational organizations expect an answer from Slob no later than the week of December 5 to the question of how the cabinet is releasing 1,4 billion euros to increase the salary in primary education and reduce the workload. If not, a nationwide strike will follow on December 12.
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At the same time, all participants are watching - PO in Action, trade unions AOb/ FNV, CNV Onderwijs and FvOv, school leaders' association AVS and employers' umbrella organization PO council - back on a constructive conversation.
Minister Slob and the PO front have discussed that further details will be given in the short term about how the salary requirement should be shaped and how the workload reduction should get off the ground. For the PO front, the starting point is that the amount pledged by the cabinet is only a start and that the required 1,4 billion euros will be fulfilled as soon as possible: 900 million euros for salary, 500 million euros for workload relief.
In addition, the primary education front wants political The Hague to speak out as broadly as possible against the pay gap between primary and secondary education.
