An agreement in principle was reached on April 24th between TNT Express (logistics, express delivery of documents and packages, the rival of DHL and FedEx), in preparation for the next collective agreement. Major outcome for unions: the wage increases they negotiated are not the same depending on the wage level. Those who earn the least – people under 23 who earn ‘youth minimum wage’ – will get a 4% increase in April 2012. employees in the second category (between €1,543 and €1,851 depending on seniority) will get a €25 gross wage increase on July 1, 2011, and employees in the third category (between €1,584 and €1,981) will get €15 – 3.5%. “There were 10 pay categories at TNT Express and categories 2 and 3 are warehousemen” explained Ejon Groen. Negotiator for the Federation of Netherlands Unions (FNV).
011, and employees in the third category (between €1,584 and €1,981) will get €15 – 3.5%. “There were 10 pay categories at TNT Express and categories 2 and 3 are warehousemen” explained Ejon Groen. Negotiator for the Federation of Netherlands Unions (FNV).
A 1.8% increase was negotiated for other wage categories, which is the same as what was globally negotiated in other sectors. The FNV said it was a “step forward towards pay standardization.” The confederation defends the principle of the ’
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