KNUT Specifies the Holding Teacher Strike
KNUT Specifies the Holding Teacher Strike. The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has refuted claims that the country’s teachers are preparing to go on strike to demand a pay increase.
According to Collins Oyuu, the KNUT’s secretary general, the organization wants to encourage a change to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for the years 2021–2025.
“I have not given any strike notices. He added, “I told TSC to schedule a meeting with KNUT to talk about the condition relevant to the CBA review for 2021-2025.
After giving TSC a 14-day notice, Oyuu said that they had received a positive response from the teachers’ employer.
He declared, “We have received a letter response from the TSC outlining their determination to convene a meeting as soon as possible and address the pressing problems.
Oyuu promised teachers who are union members during a news conference in Kisumu that they would make every effort to address their difficulties after speaking at the Kisumu KNUT branch Annual General Meeting.
Oyuu emphasized that a review was necessary in order to take financial factors into account because the 2021–2025 CBA they had signed with the TSC did not.
KNUT Specifies the Holding Teacher Strike
“The CBA had a clause enabling the parties to assess the agreement they had signed. He claimed that other instructors teased us by joking that we had maternity CBAs.
The Secretary General emphasized that the two-year restriction imposed by the Salary and Remuneration Commission (SRC) had ended, allowing them the legal right to reevaluate the contract they had previously signed.
Oyuu stated that throughout the examination, they will also take into account the CBA’s non-financial components.
The KNUT has established guidelines for salary review conversations and will request a pay increase to offset the anticipated Housing Levy deductions.
This pay boost would save teachers from the impending 3% deductions.
The strategy plan for 2023–2027, whose implementation would cost Ksh 70 billion, was previously lauded by Oyuu for TSC.
In order to ensure that teacher salary is addressed in the strategic plan, Oyuu claimed that KNUT was eager to talk with the TSC.
The earlier Ksh 2 billion proposal from TSC for teacher advancement was well received by stakeholders. The national treasury eventually reduced the sum to Ksh 1 billion.
“We keep pleading with the TSC to get in touch with us and make space for more conversations. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission prevented us from discussing financial matters in 2021, but now that the prohibition has been lifted, we have called the TSC and given them 14 days to begin negotiations and review the non-financial CBA that was signed in 2021, Oyuu stated.