BB.lv: The federal government has at all times met lecturers midway

Talking concerning the long-standing disagreements between the Latvian Commerce Union of Training and Science Employees (LIZDA) and the Ministry of Training and Science (MES) concerning balancing the workload of lecturers, Silina didn’t current her imaginative and prescient of resolve this challenge, she solely expressed the hope that the MES and LIZDA will discover a widespread language not less than in counting.

Picketing on this challenge is the selection of lecturers and the commerce union, Silinya mentioned and added that that is the choice of the commerce union, which determined that that is one of the simplest ways of communication.

The Prime Minister harassed that any future modifications in lecturers’ salaries ought to be assessed very rigorously, since municipal budgets should not have sufficient funds.

As reported, LIZDA maintains the requirement to amend the resolutions of the Cupboard of Ministers, which give for the continuation of labor on balancing the workload of lecturers throughout all teams of lecturers. The amendments should be adopted no later than mid-June.

LIZDA and the Ministry of Training and Tradition have lengthy had completely different views on balancing the workload of lecturers. In response to the management of the ministry, the battle arose as a consequence of completely different visions of the work wanted sooner or later. The Ministry of Training and Science is satisfied that a number of options are attainable, and it’s essential to keep in mind the imaginative and prescient of a number of events, and never simply the Ministry of Training and Science and LIZDA.

Then once more, the union is worried that the proposal from the Ministry of Training and Tradition will worsen the scenario for all lecturers, and for some lecturers there is no such thing as a plan for load balancing in any respect. “The Ministry’s proposal for many lecturers [означает] a return to the order that existed earlier than the educators took to the streets. This can be a step once more, in our understanding,” says the pinnacle of LIZDA, Inga Vanaga.

In the meantime, Silinya instructed the Ministry of Training and Science and LIZDA to show by the center of the month with calculations whether or not the ministry’s proposal to stability the workload of lecturers will enhance the working circumstances of lecturers or not.

In April final yr, LIZDA started a three-day strike, accusing the federal government of not assembly all strike calls for and making a remaining determination later than promised. Earlier than the strike, the union primarily demanded increased salaries for lecturers and modifications in workload distribution.

The union threatened to increase the strike, insisting that the federal government had not met all the strike’s calls for.