The ABVAKABO and CNV unions have negotiated a new collective agreement covering social workers with the local authority employers' organisation. The agreement runs from 1 January 2006 to 1 November 2007. Pay increases during this period will be 1.1% (backdated to 1.1.06), 1.1% from 1 January 2007 and 0.6% from 1 July 2007. Inflation was 1.3% in the year to May 2006.
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