Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) and Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) are negotiating a new pay arrangement with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
Following the expiration of the last CBA, which was worth Sh54 billion, the three signed the 2021-2025 CBA last year, which provided no monetary advantages to members.
The labor movement claims that the economy has improved and it was the right time to implement the CBA.
Kuppet demanded a wage raise of at least 30% in a letter to TSC dated January 17 and threatened to strike if the commission did not reply.
The union is running a campaign to rehire instructors who left between January and June of last year, when TSC and Wilson Sossion had a tense relationship.
Its membership dropped from 187,000 to 15,000 people, and many people were left out of pay raises.
Union dues earnings have decreased from Sh144 million to just Sh11 million every month. This resulted in months of unpaid work for union employees.
Kuppet proposes that the lowest-paid teacher’s basic monthly wage be increased from Sh34,955 to Sh59,425 and the highest-paid teacher’s salary be increased from Sh118,242 to Sh153,715.
It also wants to raise the commuting allowance for lower cadre teachers from Sh5,000 to Sh8,500, and for higher paid tutors from Sh16,000 to Sh20,000.
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