What you need to know about the December 12th strike
Primary education will be shut down again on 12 December if education minister Arie Slob does not provide 1,4 billion euros for the sector. Everything you need to know about this strike can be found on this page.
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De AOb registers the strikers digitally on 12 December. You can fill in a form on our website that day with your details, so that you also receive a strike benefit. Pay attention! You can only fill in the form on the strike day. At the same time we ask if your school is completely closed. The way of registering can differ per federation. Teams can design the strike day themselves. When desired, come AObcontacts along. At the head office in Utrecht, strikers are welcome with questions or for discussion.
Strike benefits
More school boards are expected to withhold wages than in the October 5 strike. Members of the AOb are entitled to a strike benefit if wages are withheld. This amounts to a maximum of 61 euros and is tax-free. Download the loss of wages form for the December 12 strike via this link on our website.
Strike meetings
De AOb will hold a strike meeting at various places in the Netherlands on 12 December. Everyone who goes on strike is welcome between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 p.m. at one of the ten places where AObmembers and non-members can continue to discuss the action plan. You can enjoy a cup of coffee with your colleagues and there will be a short action speech at 11.00 a.m. Anyone who has questions about the collective labor agreement will be helped on the spot. You can register via AOb-Events.
The locations of the meetings are already known: Utrecht, Alkmaar, Deventer, Nijmegen, Eindhoven, Sittard, Rotterdam, Goes, Groningen and Leeuwarden.
Questions and answers
We have listed nearly thirty questions and answers about the strike on December 12 in the article: Questions and answers about the strike on December 12. Do I have to register? My employer / manager of the school forbids me to strike. What now? Is there a strike meeting? The article answers all these questions.
Catch up for hours?
Various AOb-members have to make up for suspended hours from their management or board, otherwise the statutory teaching time will not be met. Nonsense, say the lawyers of the AOb and the FNV, because striking – not working – is a fundamental right. Moreover, almost all schools easily meet the statutory teaching time. Do you have to make up for the hours you have stopped? Read the article: Overtaking hours is a hollowing out right to strike.
People willing to work may refuse contaminated work
The principal may ask people willing to work to take over the class from a striker. That is contaminated work, write the lawyers AOb and FNV. Hiring temporary workers is also prohibited. Read the article: People willing to work may refuse contaminated work.
Helpful Downloads
A special #ikstaak poster and flyer is available for the strike on December 12. You can download this, print it and hand it out to people who are interested. The poster is in A3 format, which you can print out and hang in your school. The two documents provide information about the reason for the strike. To download? Go to this link for the poster, you can find the flyer via this link.
