{"id":94412,"date":"2024-09-21T08:03:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T08:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/09\/21\/knut-promises-better-cba-as-it-readies-to-negotiate-2025-2029-cycle\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T08:03:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T08:03:26","slug":"knut-promises-better-cba-as-it-readies-to-negotiate-2025-2029-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/knut-promises-better-cba-as-it-readies-to-negotiate-2025-2029-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"KNUT promises better CBA as it readies to negotiate 2025-2029 cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KISUMU, Kenya, Sep 21 \u2014 The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has assured its members of a better 2025-2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) as they set out to engage the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KNUT Secretary-General Collins Oyuu says they have engaged technocrats to draft a new CBA, which he says has the interest of teachers at heart.<\/p>\n<p>Oyuu insisted the union will emphasisve on a monetary CBA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the record, KNUT did not go on strike, we only withdrew a strike notice, so we still stand firm as a strong Union,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that matters affecting teachers\u2019 remain the union\u2019s priority, thus the push for a new CBA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must fast track the content of this CBA and we are using technocrats, serious consultants, who have come up with serious matters\u00a0 affecting our teachers,\u201d he told the press in Kisumu on Friday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teacher-driven CBA<\/h2>\n<p>Oyuu highlited career progression guidelines as a key agenda.<\/p>\n<p>He said many teachers have stagnated in one job group for years, a situation he termed unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must deal with the career progression guidelines and put our foot forward for a proper CBA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after a meeting with Nyanza Regional KNUT Council, Oyuu said the union was monitoring the implementation of the 2021\/2024 CBA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA strike is the last weapon, the last bullet in our gun, that is why we did not go to the streets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the CBA will take the input of teachers from across the country that the union presented to the consultants to birth a CBA document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now expect the Teachers Service Commission to give a counter offer, which will be placed on the table to negotiate a new CBA 2025\/2029,\u201d he said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISUMU, Kenya, Sep 21 \u2014 The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has assured its members of a better 2025-2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) as they set out to engage the government. KNUT Secretary-General Collins Oyuu says they have engaged technocrats to draft a new CBA, which he says has the interest of teachers at [&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-94412","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\/94412","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=94412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}