Oct 1, 2023 at 1:20 PM Update: 37 minutes ago
Trade union FNV is calling on employees in the timber trade to sometimes stop work for a certain period in the near future. With this, the union wants to strengthen its demands for a new collective labor agreement.
The first work stoppages are planned on Monday at a series of Jongeneel and PontMeyer branches in Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Oss and Tilburg.
“In the coming period, actions will be conducted in many more places in the country,” says FNV action coordinator Dennis Vereggen. “Just as long as our justified collective labor agreement requirements are met.”
The union previously sent an ultimatum to employers’ organization VVNH, but it was rejected.
“From now on, we will show the VVNH that our members are serious. We will start with a number of timber trading companies in North Brabant,” says Vereggen. He wants, among other things, a structural wage increase of an average of 10 percent for all employees.
It is not yet clear how many people will participate in the actions. According to FNV, approximately six thousand people work in the timber trade. About 220 wholesale companies are affiliated with the VVNH, in full the Royal Association of Dutch Timber Companies. The organization could not be reached for comment on Sunday.
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