ABVO St Maarten supported the agreement between government and unions (February 1, 2011 and signed by the unions ABVO St Maarten and WICSU-PSU on February 2, 2011), but has clearly stated that an agreement could not be reached if the teachers would be singled out in any way. In the "spirit of trying to reach an agreement" ABVO St Maarten supported the agreement and had faith that the minister of education and the school boards would reverse the decision that the "no work, no pay" policy would be applied. Obviously this has not happened.
ABVO St Maarten is of the opinion that not enough effort has been made to reverse the decision made by the foundation St Maarten Academic and Vocational Education (SAVE), pertaining to the "no work, no pay". The core of unionism is solidarity and ABVO St Maarten is therefore urging the Prime Minister to try her utmost best to have this decision reversed.
ABVO St Maarten counts on the Prime Minister that she will address the matter in the same "spirit of trying to reach an agreement" to the minister of education and the board of SAVE.
