KNUT Denies Strike Reports To Push For Salary Increment
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has refuted claims that the nation’s teachers are preparing to strike in order to demand pay raises.
According to Collins Oyuu, secretary general of KNUT, KNUT is advocating for a review of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2021–2025.
“I did not give a notice of any strike, I gave a notice to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to convene a meeting with KNUT to look into the clause of review on the CBA 2021-2025,” he claimed.
After giving TSC a 14-day notice, Oyuu declared that they had heard back favourably from the instructors’ employer.
He said, “TSC has written back to us and they are stating they are doing everything they can to make sure they convene this conference and address the sticking issues as quickly as possible.
After attending the Kisumu KNUT branch AGM, Oyuu promised unionsable teachers that every effort would be made to address their concerns in a news conference there.
According to Oyuu, the 2021–2025 CBA they signed with TSC was cashless, and it needs to be reviewed in order to take money into account.
Remember how some of our professors made fun of us for signing a maternity CBA? There is a condition in the CBA that allows the parties to evaluate what they had signed, he said.
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According to the Secretary General, the Salary and Remuneration Commission’s (SRC) two-year proviso is now ended, and they are legally permitted to evaluate the agreements they had signed.
KNUT Denies Strike Reports To Push For Salary Increment
Oyuu stated that they would examine the non-monetary CBA during the review.
In order to account for the anticipated Housing Levy, KNUT has set terms in the salary review negotiations and will demand a pay increase from affected employees.
Teachers will subsequently be protected by the wage increase from the impending 3 percent deductions.
