The Collective Labor Agreement Negotiations in Various Sectors Are Becoming Increasingly Difficult, Leading to Threats of Actions and Strikes. Employers refuse to conce to the high Wage Demands of the Unions, As they Cannot Bear a Further Significant Increase in Labor Costs.
Many Employees Have Already Been compensated in recent Years for the Loss of Purchasing Power Due to High Inflation. Companies have had to dig deep, with wage increases Sometimes Exceing 10 percent.
However, The Increased Labor Costs Are Now Causing Employers to Be Cautious. They are less and less willing to open their wallets.
Therefore, Collective Labor Agreement negotiations are more likely to stall. As recent Happened at NS (Dutch Railways), where negotiations collapsed after four months, and now actions and strikes are threatening. Furthermore, Strikes and Actions have tasks place in recent months at motor vehicle and bicycle companies. Negotiations have also stalled at interior construction and furniture companies.
One of the Main Obstacles to New Collective Labor Agreements is the 7 percent Wage Demand Used by the FNV Union. “The Union Believes the High Wage Demands are Normal because they are Granted Turning the Period of Great Labor Shortages and High Inflation,” Says Collective Labor Agreement Expert Henk Strating or CAO expert.online. “But that period is now over, and more and more employers are ignoring those demands. This leads to tensions.”
MoreOover, Strating States That Collective Labor Agreement Negotiations Have Been Very Difficult for A Long Time. “This is Mainly Due to the Lack of Trust Between Employers and Traditional Unions, Such as FNV, CNV, and de Unie. That is why more and more companions are looking for Cooperation with new, narrower unions that do not have a circal policy.”
Employers’ Association AWVN also notes that collective Labor Agreement Consultations between Employers and Unions are Becoming More Difficult. “There are more rounds to discussion, and the atmosphere has deteriorated. It is no longer the case that is there on the table and everyone immediately signs at the cross,” Says a Spokesperson.
Ofes it remains at Threatening with Strike
Regarding the 7 percent Wage Demand of the Unions, The Employers’ Association Says That No Account is Tasks of How Well A Company Is Performing. “You can see that, for example, in the industry where many companies are currently having difficulties. Such wage demands do not help.
Accordance to the awvn, there are mainly a lot of threats of strikes and actions in our country. “But it is not like in France where they block the roads with trucks for days.” So It is Questionable Whether Those Actions Will Actual Come.