The largest union in the Netherlands is calling for a 2.5 percent wage increase in 2013. This is the same level as in 2012, in spite of the crisis and as the negotiations in 2012 only led to an average 1 percent increase. (Ref. 120573)
The Dutch Labor Federation (FNV) is still expecting a lot, asking for a 2.5 percent wage increase for 2013, a little over inflation (2.3 percent in August 2012). The union is having a hard time using its new name (De Nieuwe Vakbeweging, DNV). It also wants to up the fight against precarious labor (flexwerk), its soapbox since the fall 2011. it recommends, for the coming collective bargaining session, negotiating clauses restricting appeal to fixed-term contracts, which have become the rule i
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