No deal in local government

Netherlands

Local government employers have only offered trade unions a small one-off payment and a freeze on pay over the next two years. Public services union Abvakabo points out that this is despite the fact that local authorities have received government funding that covers pay increases in line with the national guideline of 1.5%. The union also argues that at the same time as wanting to freeze their own employees pay, councils are increasingly hiring outside personnel to do local authority work at twice or three times the cost of direct employees.
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