OAJ kömpelöä porukka

I have followed the discussions about teachers' working hours. At least in Sweden the teachers work 45 hours a week - 35 hours is due to do at school and 10 hours - so called 'trusted working hours' you may choose where you want to work - you can do the work at home if that suites best for you. So the employers cannot 'order' the teachers to do working hours they already have done. Non-teaching days are vacation or teachers' own educational days - during which teachers either have vacation or educate themselves. Then there are people who think that Finland should follow the 'development' in Sweden and take away the right to withdraw the trade union fees in the taxation and raise the fees in the unemployment funds. My advice is very simple - don't do that. In Sweden many hundreds of thousands people quit both their membership in their trade union and in unemployment funds - not because they considered it unnescessary - but because they could not afford to stay as a member any longer. And when they lose their jobs they have nothing to live on - the wellfare is the only place to get some help from

Jos kysyt viralliselta taholta eli ammattijärjestön neuvonnasta, niin vastaus on, että tunniton päivä ei ole vapaapäivä, ja silloin pitää osallistua kaikkeen sellaiseen, mikä on merkattu vuosisuunnitelmaan. Esim. teemapäivistä, jälkkävalvonnoista ja yt-jutuista ei voi olla pois. Opettajalla on tänä vuonna 187 työpäivää oli tunteja tai ei. Jos kysyt luottamusmieheltä, saat selville, mikä on teidän kunnassa käytäntö ja silloin virallisella vastauksella ei ole väliä.