The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT)\u2019s decision to stay out of the recent teachers\u2019 strike has strengthened the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) standing in the labor movement, according to the union\u2019s Assistant National Treasurer, Ronald Tonui.<\/p>\n
Speaking during the union\u2019s Siaya branch annual general meeting at the Holy Cross Catholic Church hall in Ramba, Tonui said KNUT\u2019s absence gave KUPPET a chance to demonstrate its ability to mobilize independently.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to thank KNUT for not joining us in the strike so that people can no longer say that we always hang on their coat tails\u201d said the assistant national treasurer who was flanked by Siaya branch executive secretary, Sam Opo<\/p>\n
Tonui said KUPPET had shown that it could effectively halt learning in schools to advocate for teachers\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n
He said the union is now preparing to negotiate with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for 2025 and urged members to submit their proposals.<\/p>\n
Among KUPPET\u2019s demands, Tonui said, is the introduction of a \u201cStanding Allowance\u201d for teachers, noting that long hours on their feet take a toll on educators.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very strenuous job that demands that one stands for long others ask for strenuous allowance and are given while we don\u2019t,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Tonui added that KUPPET will demand for the introduction of a \u201cDetoxification Allowance\u201d for science teachers who handle dangerous chemicals.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey end up developing health challenges related to handing the chemicals hence the need for compensation\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The union also plans to demand a 100% salary increase in the upcoming CBA to counter the rising cost of living.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Tonui called for the harmonization of house allowances, arguing that rent outside Nairobi has become equally expensive, making the current system unfair.<\/p>\n
The post KNUT\u2019s decision to boycott strike gave KUPPET chance to prove its influence, officials say<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post KNUT\u2019s decision to boycott strike gave KUPPET chance to prove its influence, officials say<\/a> appeared first on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT)\u2019s decision to stay out of the recent teachers\u2019 strike has strengthened the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) standing in the labor movement, according to the union\u2019s Assistant National Treasurer, Ronald Tonui. Speaking during the union\u2019s Siaya branch annual general meeting at the Holy Cross Catholic […]<\/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-99790","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\/99790","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=99790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}