Many school boards withhold wages on strike day
Many school boards will not continue to pay their teaching staff if they leave work on March 15. This is evident from a call from the AOb via social media, which received more than five hundred responses. “We are sympathetic to the aim of the strike, but we do not support the means,” said Dorieke Hammink, spokesman for the Boor school group.
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De AOb has on March 15 a national strike day proclaimed for all education, from primary education to academic education. Together with FNV Education & Research and FvOv, the AOb everyone to come to Malieveld in The Hague to let politicians know that more investment needed.
Comments
Many school boards inform their staff during these weeks whether they are withholding wages. Via social media, the AOb a call to educators to communicate what their school board is planning. Through Facebook more than XNUMX responses were received. On top of that, the AOb via Twitter another fifty responses. Many responses are included in the card below. We let out any school boards that had conflicting or uncertain reports. Most responses came from primary education.
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[/blockquote]The large school group Boor with 77 primary and secondary schools in Rotterdam does not continue to pay. “We have coordinated this with other Rotterdam school boards,” says spokesperson Dorieke Hammink. In previous strikes in primary education, Boor continued to pay, but not now. “We are sympathetic to the end, but do not support the means. CLA negotiations are underway in primary education and national discussions are also taking place in secondary education to improve the attractiveness of the profession. These conversations must be given the time and space. ” School group LMC in Rotterdam (24 secondary schools) and Child and Education (27 primary schools) confirm the Rotterdam agreement not to continue to pay.
Fight
In Leidschendam-Voorburg, the Panta Rhei school group (16 primary schools) does continue to pay employees, says President of the Board Harry van de Kant. During the relay strike last September, the school board did not do this. Van de Kant: “We were in the last group and there was a collective labor agreement. I liked the mustard after the meal, but this time we are not deducting any wages. We are in solidarity with the entire education system. Education minister Arie Slob always says: 'nothing more will be added', but the business community gained two billion euros in one day. While the public sector has to fight for years. ” The willingness to take action within the school group is high. The president of the board expects that two-thirds of primary schools will be closed. “We are increasingly noticing that we cannot find any more invaders.”
Education minister Arie Slob keeps saying: 'no more will be added', but the business community received two billion euros in one dayIn Montessori education in South Holland, they also have to deal with replacement problems. “We are constantly filling one gap with another,” says Paul Mos, director of the schools foundation. The foundation, like all other times, continues to pay. Mos: “I think it's the wrong signal not to continue paying. It's raining behavior to do that, because you just get money from the ministry. I also want to show my staff that I stand behind them. ” Mos has already looked at the willingness to act and has made an inventory: five of the six schools will be closed in March.
Collective agreements
Far fewer responses were received from other sectors, such as secondary education, MBO, HBO and WO. Spokesperson Hanneke Ruiter of the Landstede Group with secondary schools and MBO institutions has announced that they will not continue to pay. “We follow the line of the VO and MBO council not to continue to pay. We believe that people should be allowed to strike, but then the employer does not pay, it is their own time. Moreover, there are collective labor agreements in secondary and vocational education in which subjects such as work pressure are already tackled by the head. ”
Teachers who work at the three secondary schools of the SVOL school foundation in Lelystad will continue to be paid. SVOL director Barry Lommen says that his employees are faced with quite a few options. “It would really be a wrong signal to cut salary,” says Lommen. “The problems of students here are comparable to those in the Randstad. You would actually want to have more hands for that in class or smaller classes. Teaching is very difficult and if someone drops out, it is still the custom to split up hours, because replacement is difficult. I do see that employees find it difficult to strike, because one day on strike means one day off work. Their workload will then increase even more. ”
Strike compensation
Teaching staff that is a member of the AOb get a strike payment if their school board withholds wages. It concerns a compensation of 63 euros.
Let us know via Facebook or Twitter whether your school board withholds wages or not. The ticket is updated every week.
