Cathrine (29) has worked in a nursery for ten years. Now she is fighting for a better pension – news Vestland

On Tuesday afternoon, the parties in the nursery school strike were called in for compulsory mediation at the Ombudsman. 3,600 organized in Fagforbundet, Delta and Uddanningsforbundet are on strike against the employer, the National Association of Private Kindergartens (PBL). They had a meeting last week, but were unable to come to an agreement. 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For me, who is so young, a pension is extra important, she says. It is a workplace she has had since she finished her education. In addition, she has a professional certificate. She only got four days at work after leave, before she had to stand on the other side of the gate at the kindergarten and be a picket guard. – It is clear that it is very special. I had hoped that the strike would be resolved until my leave was over, but that was not the case. Cathrine Sortland is a child and youth worker. She got four days at work before she was called out on strike. Photo: Olav Røli At Bømlo in Vestland, as many as six out of eight kindergartens have been hit by strikes. The municipality has no municipal kindergartens. – The municipality is not a party to the conflict, but we have nursery authority and follow closely the offer that is given, says municipal manager for upbringing, culture and sports in Bømlo municipality, Bjørn Håvard Bjørklund. On Monday afternoon, the strikers in the municipality gathered for a demonstration in the center of Svortland. With appeals, their own strike season and posters, they showed that they were willing to fight for a long time to get their demands through. Few reactions to the State Administrator The local strike leader at Bømlo, May Rita Ersland Fjellheim, does not have much faith that the mediation will take place today. – The distance has been very large between the parties. So I don’t really believe it, she says. So far, the strike does not seem to have caused much unrest among parents in Vestland. Section leader Marianne Svege at the Statsforvaltaren in Vestland tells news that they have so far only received one complaint related to the strike. During the school strike earlier this autumn, there were a number of reports of concern to the governing authorities about how the strike affects children and young people. Nor has the Directorate of Education received many reports related to consequences for children in connection with the strike. About 100 kindergarten employees in the island municipality of Bømlo are on strike. It happens to almost the entire kindergarten offer. Photo: Olav Røli / news Bømlo municipality: Considering reducing subsidies Despite the fact that almost all kindergarten capacity in Bømlo municipality has been affected by the strike, the municipality must still pay support to the kindergartens. According to municipal manager Bjørklund, they pay about 114 million a year in kindergarten subsidies. – We will consider whether it is relevant to cut short the offer for kindergartens that do not offer the service they have received public funds to provide. But how and in what way, we have to get back to, says the municipal manager in Bømlo municipality. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Education sent a letter to KS in which they discussed whether municipalities could withhold subsidies. According to the ministry, this was up to each individual municipality to assess. – It could be that this means that no one has any financial incentives to end the strike, he says. Communications director Marius Iversen at PBL has previously stated that they will not save large amounts on the strike. He denies that this makes them unwilling to end the strike.



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