Scientists report overtime
WOinA Actie will go to the Labor Inspectorate on 20 December to collectively report structural overtime. But first, the protest group makes an inventory of the scope and consequences of extra hours that scientists work.
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The Labor Inspectorate can expect a lot of work soon, warns Leiden professor Remco Breuker. Twitter. As one of the drivers of WOinActions, he calls on his colleagues this form so that the protest group gets a good idea of the number of hours that scientists have to work overtime, what the cause is, and what consequences this has for their private life or health.
Rack is out
It is not the first - nor the last - action to initiate the protest movement. Earlier they organized a 'white strike', in which scientists refused to work overtime. Emails were answered with an automatic message: we are too busy to respond quickly.
Breuker announced the planning in September. They may also stop teaching and grading soon, he suggested. Then students can no longer graduate. The action group wants to emphasize that the scientific staff has completely overcome the burden. She is therefore demanding 1 billion euros from Minister Van Engelshoven for higher education and research.
At the beginning of this week, Van Engelshoven admitted that more money is needed, but says he does not have it on the shelf now.
