Netherlands - Waste agreement protects purchasing power - June 21, 2010

Unions and employers in the waste and environment sector have agreed basically on a 12-month deal that provides a 1.1% pay increase, implying that purchasing power has been protected. The agreement also includes an amount equal to 0.4% of the paybill that will fund initiatives related to recruitment and promotion.

English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/369

Dutch: http://www.abvakabofnv.nl/nieuws/nieuws/koopkrachtbehoud-voor-mede …

This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl. You may find further information on the ETUI atwww.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.