Unions disagree over care deal

Netherlands

The FNV Abvakabo public services union has refused to endorse a new agreement in the care sector because it says that it involves widespread cuts to services and the loss of up to 50000 jobs. The union says that it came up with many proposals for savings in administration and top salaries but these were rejected. The CNV Publieke Zaak public services union decided to sign the agreement arguing that it involved much fewer job cuts than the government had initially proposed and that the alternative would have been much worse for the sector.
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