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We introduce to you FNV Bondgenoten, the largest trade union in the Netherlands. We look after the work-related and income-related interests of over 470,000 members in the retail, services, industrial, metal, transport and many other sectors.
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ICEM’s global level company networks now include a new one: Akzo Nobel. Over 20 trade unionists from the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Indonesia, Turkey, and Brazil decided to form a global network among the unions organising the Dutch-based chemicals company.
A proposed agreement between social partners FNV Bondgenoten and employers’ federations, reached 4 June over reform of the basic retirement pension (AOW) in the Netherlands, will now go to a vote of union membership.
The workers at the Cargill plants in amongst others Bergen Op Zoom, Sas Van Gent and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, have set the company an ultimatum. If Cargill doesn’t meet the worker’s demands for a proper collective agreement before June 23rd, they will go on a strike. The workers want a 3,5% increase in wages, whereas Cargill has offered no more than 1,5%.
FNV Bondgenoten's initiative to make the cocoa chain socially sustainable is spreading all over Europe. From 10 to 12 March 2009, the Ginkelduin conference centre in the Dutch town of Leersum will be the stage of the first new-style European Cocoa Platform.
Iranian union leader Mansour Osanloo is still alive. This is mostly due to international media coverage. Yet, 48-year-old Osanloo’s condition remains unclear. During a previous arrest, his tongue was cut as a warning. Help free Osanloo, every signature counts.
The cleaners of Center Parcs Heijderbos are being treated unfairly by Center Parcs and the German cleaning company Menke. They receive no equal pay for equal work, are being intimidated and exploited, and the companies do not comply with the Dutch collective labour agreement.
The Iranian trade union leader Mansour Osanloo (48) will be awarded the 2008 FNV vakbondsrechtenprijs (Trade Union Rights Award). This award is presented every two years to people who dedicate themselves to trade union activities under difficult circumstances and at personal risk.
On Tuesday 11 February 2008, FNV Bondgenoten and Maersk reached agreement on a staff reduction programme.
Employees in the Netherlands can heave a sigh of relief because the Bill for relaxation of the law governing dismissal (ontslagrecht) has been withdrawn.
After weeks of strike action, on Tuesday morning 6 November, Unilever and the trade unions reached agreement on a collective labour agreement, a staff reduction programme, and an employment guarantee for the remaining workforce in the Netherlands until 2011.
