Unions co-ordinate action as employers fail to respond to ultimatum

Local government unions FNV Abvakabo and CNV Publieke Zaak issued the employers with an ultimatum last month, giving them until 17 March to respond. The date has passed with no response and the unions will now consider what action to take to try to get negotiations back on track after they broke down last year and failed again earlier this year. Unions are keen to negotiate over purchasing power and job security. [Read more at > FNV Abvakabo (NL)->http://www.abvakabofnv.nl/over-ons/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/2014/02/ultimatum-aan-vereniging-nederlandse-gemeenten/] [And at > CNV Publieke Zaak (NL)-

The FNV and other trade unions have set a deadline of 1 November for employers in the youth sector to come up with an improved pay offer or they will aim for a major mobilisation on 20 November. This would be the 10th time in recent years that unions have had to take to the streets to push their demands. The unions argue that the employers’ “final offer” would only lead to more workers leaving the sector and further increases to staff shortages. The biggest stumbling block during the negotiations was inflation compensation for 2023. Following just a 1% pay increase on 3 January, the unions are

Negotiations on a new collective labour agreement to cover the 187,000 employees in municipalities sector have been suspended with the FNV trade union planning to send the VNG employers’ organisation an ultimatum over the holiday period to put pressure on them to negotiate. The union has been pushing for a 11.25% pay increase with a minimum increase of €300 a month, a one-off payment of €1,200 euros and the inclusion of the automatic price compensation in the collective agreement in 2024. The employers’ last pay offer was for only 5% as of 1 February 2023 and 3% as of 1 April 2024. The FNV is