TSC to revoke recognition agreement with KNUT

The Teachers Service Commission has given notice to terminate its recognition agreement with the Kenya National Union of Teachers.

Through a letter to KNUT on Monday, TSC CEO Nancy Macharia issued a two-month notice to the union to end their agreement which was signed in 1968.

"The Kenya Union of Teachers does not have the simple majority of unionisable employees under the employment of Teachers Service Commission as by November 4th," the letter signed by Macharia read in part.

The commission further quoted section 54(1) of the Labour Relations Act on the Recognition of Trade Unions and Collective Agreement which states that:

"An employer, including an employer in the public sector, shall recognise a trade union for purposes of collective bargaining if that trade union represents the simple majority of unionisable employees".

The commission said it considered section 54(5) of the Labour Relations Act which states that:

"An employer, group of employers or employers’ association may apply to the Board to terminate or revoke a recognition agreement".

Last week, TSC gazetted the deregistration of KNUT secretary-general Wilson Sossion as a teacher.

The commission, in a Gazette notice dated October 29, further blacklists the SG from teaching in any school whether private or public.

"TSC has removed the name of the individual named herein (Wilson Sossion) from the register of teachers. Further, under the law, the individual cannot engage in teaching in any school," read the notice