More and more municipalities Imot CS teaches strategy – VG

Local Politicians in a number of local authorities believe KS ‘teacher requirements do not reflect what local authorities actually want.

More and more local politicians believe local government interest group KS, as a dealer with teachers on behalf of them, conveys the municipalities’ actual needs and interests.

Recently, local politicians from both Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim, Kristiansand, Drammen and Odda stated that they did not think KS mandate in negotiations the teachers are well enough grounded in the municipalities.

– The mandate has not been treated politically with us, and I am not aware of any other municipalities where the mandate is treated, says Christian Democratic Party (KrF) Deputy Mayor of Kristiansand, Jørgen Kristiansen said.

Only 8 percent

He says Kristiansand Presidency decided to send a note to KS Wednesday night, calling for a much more orderly process in the future . The Presidency will not take a position on the content of the mandate so long as the parties are in the middle of negotiations.

– But my impression is that we probably would have ended up with another mandate if this was handled politically, says Kristiansen.

In a survey of 328 municipalities conducted by LO Featured in March this year, said only 8 percent of the municipalities that issue was dealt with politically.

– The study confirms my impression that the process has not been good enough, says Kristiansen.

– KS has all the blame

Mayor John Opdal (H) in Odda municipality has sent a letter to KS with strong criticism of the strategy, after a total council already in March asked the organization to drop the requirement for increased presence. Opdalingen think KS should take all the blame for teacher strike, NRK.

Also Stavanger Mayor Christine Sagen Helgø (H), together with several other Stavanger politicians asked KS to waive the requirement.

Tuesday approved an overall negotiating in Buskerud County Council requesting KS to meet teachers’ wishes.

Mayor of Radøy, Jon Askeland (Sp), says KS has failed in the lead, and that the case should have been sent out for consultation.

– Not since 2009 has KS asked local councils for their opinions about teachers working, he says to NRK.

Strike Sympathy

Marte Løvik (Sp ), chairman of adolescence Committee in Trondheim, called the KS procedure “extremely frustrating” and said it has not been pursued only discussion at the local level about the mandate, writes Adresseavisen.

Two Conservative city council Stavanger and Bergen told the Today Business in early August that the communication between municipalities and KS may have given a negotiating mandate municipalities no desire.

In a survey of Local Report completed in mid-August, answering 72 percent of country’s public school politicians and mayors that they understand that teachers strikes. 39 percent have a “very great understanding.”

The response rate among politicians, however, is insufficient to establish that the responses are representative of all the country’s educational policy makers.

– 99.5 percent positive

Communications Director KS, Jørn Ivar Baade, commented that the mandate adopted by the board of KS, and the process behind the mandate is in line with KS ‘policies and regulations.

– The is up to each municipality if they want to treat political mandate. KS must assume that the input we receive from municipalities, representing municipal vision, says Baade.

He also notes that 99.5 percent of KS ‘members supported the originally recommended draft of a new agreement as it went to a referendum before the summer.

– At various local politicians have different opinions about the conflict now taking place, I find, not surprisingly, nothing more, I will not say it, say Baade.

After that NTB is lit, there has been no contact between the parties in the conflict Thursday. (© NTB)