The plastic and rubber industry, which employs 3,500 people, has not had a collective agreement since July. Negotiations are stuck on the issue of pensions and unions are starting to protest. (Ref. 120629)
Three unions, the Dutch Labor Federation (FNV), the Christian Trade Union Federation (CNV) and De Unie, have started protesting against the absence of a collective agreement since July in the rubber and plastic industry. Employers are trying to question a compromise signed in March between the trade unions and the supplementary pension fund. This agreement provided for a 25 percent increase in the retirement bonus, initially on July 1, 2012, which didn’t came into force because employers reje
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