Local government negotiations suspended

Netherlands

Unions have been disappointed after the third round of collective bargaining in the municipal sector. The employers have made no offer of a pay rise for 2013 or 2014 and nor have they taken up the unions' proposals for increasing youth employment in the sector. The employers claim that local government workers will see their pay rise by 2% but the unions point out that this is only a net pay rise resulting from lower pension contributions which are linked with a deterioration in the pension scheme.
Read more at > FNV Abvakabo (NL)
And at > CNV Publieke Zaak (NL)

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