Netherlands: FNV tries out the “Japanese” strike

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30 March 2006 à 12h14

Updated on 24 March 2013 à 14h14

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Publication: 30 March 2006 à 12h14, Updated on 24 March 2013 à 14h14

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For the first time in the Netherlands, the Federation of Dutch trade unions (FNV) decided to launch, next 2 April, a Japanese-type strike in the factory of the Japanese pharmaceutical group Astellas, to support its claims. (Réf. 06309)
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30 March 2006 à 12h14

Updated on 24 March 2013 à 14h14

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Publication: 30 March 2006 à 12h14, Updated on 24 March 2013 à 14h14

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Until 7 April, the 130 members of this large trade-union in the factory of the Japanese pharmaceutical group Astellas, in Meppel, a locality in the north of the country, will carry a sign indicating “I am on strike”, but will keep working. Negotiations are stumbling on an annual wage increase of 2 % and an employers’ contribution of 25 euros per month to health expenditures for the 250 employees of Astellas in Meppel. The FNV would like the collective agreement to include these two points, in o

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