Corus: agreement on job security for Dutch employees

Corus Nederland, the multinational Anglo-Dutch steel company, which employs 12 000 employees in the Netherlands, has accepted, on November 12th, 2006, most of trade unions' claims as part of the negotiation of a new collective labour agreement. The text provides for a general wage increase of 5.5 % over two years and a guarantee of employment until 2011. (Ref 061133)
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To avoid disturbances in the aluminum foundry of Ijmuiden, after a strike launched on November 9th by the Confederation of Dutch trade unions (FNV Bondgenoten) (see article n° 061123), Corus has conceded a wage increase of 5.25 % over the next two years, instead of the 3.25 % maximum that was previously planned. Additionally, guarantees will be given on job security for the next five years, until October 1st, 2011. The “pact for employment ”, negotiated as part of the former collective labour

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