{"id":84716,"date":"2024-08-29T15:03:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/tsc-rejects-kuppets-request-for-talks-to-end-ongoing-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T15:03:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:03:25","slug":"tsc-rejects-kuppets-request-for-talks-to-end-ongoing-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/tsc-rejects-kuppets-request-for-talks-to-end-ongoing-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"TSC rejects KUPPET\u2019s request for talks to end ongoing strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 29 \u2013The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has rejected the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) request to end the on-going strike.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a letter addressed to the KUPPET Secretary Akelo Misori the Commission maintained that the Union must call off the work boycott in compliance with the court order issued on Tuesday calling off the strike.<\/p>\n<p>Cavin Anyour, TSC Director of Legal labour and industrial relations urged the Union to call off the strike that could paralyze learning activities stating that the commission has already resolved all the grievances previously raised by the union.<\/p>\n<p>He said the decision will give way for a fresh round of talks that will address any further challenges raised by the teachers Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the Commission\u2019s position that the Union complies with the order of the court and withdraw the ongoing industrial action to enable parties to continue with the bipartite negotiations on any unresolved grievances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Teachers Service Commission stated that the government released funds amounting to Sh13.5 billion for the implementation of the second phase of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) including payments of teacher\u2019s salaries arrears starting July 1 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Boss Francis Atwoli \u00a0also urged the Commission to negotiate a return-to-work formula with teachers allied to the KUPPET union accusing TSC of threatening the tutors with the court order to stop their strike.<\/p>\n<p>Atwoli asserted that the court order would have been effective only if it was issued before the teachers downed their tools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTSC should humble themselves and get into negotiations table with KUPPET for the purpose of signing the return-to-work formula as there is already a commitment from the government. If TSC can\u2019t get to negotiations then the strike continues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi issued an order stopping the secondary school teachers\u2019 strike after the Teachers Service Commission lodged \u00a0an \u00a0application on Monday, August 26.<\/p>\n<p>The court directed the teachers\u2019 allied KUPPET union to return to work pending further orders on September 5 2024.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 29 \u2013The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has rejected the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) request to end the on-going strike. In a letter addressed to the KUPPET Secretary Akelo Misori the Commission maintained that the Union must call off the work boycott in compliance with the court order issued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}