Since January 1, 2008, the Dutch financial group Internationale Nederlandse Groep (ING) pays for the union dues of its new employees – up to €180 a year. Therefore, the Christian union CNV saw the number of its members within the bank increase of 2.000 since the beginning of the year. (Ref. 080589)
“It is the end of the traditional divide
between work and capital” wrote the De
Telegraaf daily on July 10, when revealing the existence of an agreement between
ING’s management and the trade
unions – who are not
opposed to this new practice. And for good reason: the number of union members
in the Netherlands is constantly decreasing, with 1.8 million members for an
active population of 9 million people. ING, headed by Michel Tilmant, is the 9th
largest group in the world according to the 2008
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