{"id":16611,"date":"2024-10-29T13:15:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=16611"},"modified":"2024-10-29T13:15:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:15:28","slug":"nationwide-university-strike-as-lecturers-demand-government-fulfill-cba-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=16611","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide University Strike as Lecturers Demand Government Fulfill CBA Terms."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/strike.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/strike.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/strike-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning in public universities across the country has come to a standstill after lecturers, represented by the University Academic Staff Union (UASU), began a strike on Tuesday, demanding government compliance with the 2012-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). UASU, led by Secretary General Constantine Wasonga, emphasized that the strike will continue until the government honors the agreed-upon return-to-work formula, which includes several benefits aimed at improving lecturers\u2019 welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The union pointedly blamed university vice-chancellors, accusing them of consistently undermining efforts to secure fair remuneration. &#8220;No don will appear in lecture halls to discharge knowledge until our demands are met,&#8221; stated Wasonga, reinforcing the lecturers&#8217; firm stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning in public universities across the country has come to a standstill after lecturers, represented by the University Academic Staff Union (UASU), began a strike on Tuesday, demanding government compliance with the 2012-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). UASU, led by Secretary General Constantine Wasonga, emphasized that the strike will continue until the government honors the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/strike.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16613,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16611\/revisions\/16613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}