We need to focus on the next CBA for Teachers, says Sossion.
By Dickson Odhiambo
May 31, 2018.
We need to focus on
the next CBA for Teachers, says Sossion.
THE Kenya National Union of Teachers needs to focus on the
next Collective Bargaining Agreement for teachers across the country.
Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion says this should now
be the focus as the giant union continues to monitor the implementation of the
current Collective Bargaining Agreement {CBA}.
Speaking in Kisumu during the official closure of a three
day workshop for the all Knut Executive Branch Secretaries across the Country
at Tom Mboya Labour College, Sossion said focusing on the next CBA should be
where the union channels most of its energy.
“We must begin focusing on the next CBA and this is where we
need to put our acts together,” he says.
He says the Union is also monitoring the implementation of
the current CBA, adding that this is the first CBA for teachers which its
implementation should be monitored closely, adding that the CBA will ensure
that its members are satisfied.
He says the union will also try to deal with the issue of
delocalization of teachers which has not been accepted by teachers across the
country.
“We need to talk to the Teachers Service Commission so as to
discuss a number of issues that includes delocalization of teacher, TIPAD and
appraisals. These are matters which we must deal with effectively,” Sossion
says.
He says the union will also discuss the issue of pending
promotion for teachers across the country.
He says the union will continue to
advocate for the employment of new teachers across the country so as to help in
addressing the current high demand due to growing class sizes both in primary
and secondary schools.
Sossion has also rubbished claims
that Knut is divided saying that the Union is very much united and working as a
team currently.
“There is no faction is knut at
all and we are fully united as being led
by our national chairman Wickliffe Omucheyi, so whoever is claiming that we are
not united, is not telling the truth,” Sossion adds.
He says the union will address
teachers’ issue as a united entity, adding the union has been very much united
for the last 61 years when it was formed.
During the training of the Knut
Branch Secretaries in Kisumu for three days, they have been trained on
negotiations, Mobilizations, advocacy and on trade union ideologies.
Sossion adds that the training
will help the Branch Executive Secretaries in offering quality leadership
within their areas of jurisdiction.
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