{"id":14960,"date":"2020-01-22T06:46:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T06:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=14960"},"modified":"2020-01-22T07:04:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T07:04:34","slug":"cnidh-pleads-for-temporary-suspension-of-deduction-from-teachers-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/cnidh-pleads-for-temporary-suspension-of-deduction-from-teachers-salary\/","title":{"rendered":"CNIDH pleads for temporary suspension of deduction from teachers\u2019 salary."},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Independent Commission for Human Rights has presented a seven-day investigation conducted on the conflict between two teachers\u2019 unions-SYGEPEBU and SEPEDUC and a coalition of teachers\u2019 union-COSESONA. The commission says the coalition violated the labor rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sixte Vigny Nimuraba: \u201cThe deduction from an employee’s salary must be done with their consent\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sixte Vigny Nimuraba, Chairman of the National Independent Commission for Human Rights-CNIDH says the deduction of BIF 500 from teachers\u2019 salary without their consent hasn\u2019t been done in accordance with the law. \u201cThe deduction from an employee’s salary must be done with their consent in a presence of a written and signed document according to the national and international rules,\u201d says Nimuraba.<\/p>\n

CNIDH Chairman calls on the Ministry of Public Labor to temporarily suspend the deduction and wait for the list of teachers committed to contributing for national solidarity. The Rights Commission also exhorts the Special Coalition of Teachers\u2019 Union for National Solidarity-COSESONA- not to force teachers to join the coalition. He, however, says the latter should continue to sensitize teachers to the importance of national solidarity without any kind of intimidation. \u201cThe special coalition of teachers-COSESONA should organize consultations before imposing the deduction from the teachers\u2019 salaries,\u201d says Nimuraba adding that the Rights Commission isn\u2019t against national solidarity.<\/p>\n

Sixte Vigny Nimuraba also pleads for the release of three leaders of unions detained<\/a> since 9 January. \u201cThe judicial police should release them to encourage and facilitate dialogue sessions,\u201d he says adding that the National Commission for Social Dialogue has already intervened.Meanwhile,Antoine Manuma, CEPEDUC Chairman and G\u00e9rard Niyongabo, SYGEPEBU Chairman have been released in the afternoon of January 21.<\/p>\n

Two teachers\u2019 unions namely the Union of Professional Teachers in Burundi (SEPEDUC) and the General Union of the Teaching Staff in Burundi (SYGEPEBU) are against the forced deduction of BIF 500 from the teachers\u2019 salary imposed by COSESONA in 2017 and 2019. The Rights Commission asks COSESONA to avail a report on the management of the contribution already made.<\/p>\n

Joselyne Ndayizeye, Deputy Chairperson of SYGEPEBU appreciates the results of the investigation conducted by the Rights Commission. She, however, says it would be better to hold permanent dialogue sessions to find solutions to other issues. \u201cSome teachers are now forced to sign on the list and join the coalition,\u201d he says. Meanwhile, COSESONA extends the signature deadline which was set on 20 January but it is now fixed on 31 January. \u201cTeachers should continue to register for the national solidarity\u201d, says Venant Ndabaniwe, COSESONA Chairman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Independent Commission for Human Rights has presented a seven-day investigation conducted on the conflict between two teachers\u2019 unions-SYGEPEBU and SEPEDUC and a coalition of teachers\u2019 union-COSESONA. The commission says the coalition violated the labor rules. Sixte Vigny Nimuraba, Chairman of the National Independent Commission for Human Rights-CNIDH says the deduction of BIF 500 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,21],"tags":[113,719],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14960"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14969,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14960\/revisions\/14969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}