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Railway strike to go ahead on Tuesday, negotiations stall 2025-06-16 [Dutch News]

FNV confirms 24-hour rail strike Tuesday in Noordwest and Oost after NS talks stall 2025-06-16 [NL Times]

KLM's 14,000 ground workers could soon strike as contract negotiations hit logjam 2025-06-14 [NL Times]

CNV pauses rail strikes to resume wage talks with NS 2025-06-14 [NL Times]

NS cancels all Dutch train service on Tuesday over expanded union strike 2025-06-08 [NL Times]

Dutch rail strike on Friday criticized as 'disproportionate' by passenger association 2025-06-05 [NL Times]

Pay talks stall as employers push back on union demands 2025-05-19 [Dutch News]

Over 1,000 mechanics to strike for 48 hours from Thursday against low wage increases 2025-03-27 [NL Times]

Nationwide hospital strike called off after deal reached on pay 2025-03-27 [Dutch News]

Some 7,000 people per year get cancer from their work; Trade union shocked 2025-03-19 [NL Times]

UNI stands with workers in the Netherlands as IKEA ducks out of agreement 2025-02-28 [UNI Global Union]

Collective deals pushed wages up 5.3% last year, but lower pay rises expected in 2025 2025-01-09 [NL Times]

Thousands of pharmacies to close across the Netherlands on Thursday and Friday 2025-01-09 [NL Times]

Labor unions to stage national pharmacy strike on Tuesday 2024-11-11 [NL Times]

Sexual harassment, bullying a major issue for healthcare workers 2024-11-11 [Dutch News]

National railroad strikes could start Monday as ProRail rejects union's wage demands 2024-11-06 [NL Times]

Death threats sent to NU.nl must be punished 2024-10-29 [EFJ]

Country ratifies all fundamental ILO Conventions 2024-10-08 [ILO]

Gov't still wants temporary early retirement scheme, union says; Strike willingness high 2024-09-10 [NL Times]

Union membership shrinks to 15% of the workforce 2024-09-09 [Dutch News]

Labor union membership fell to 15% in 2023; More young workers may sign up this year 2024-09-09 [NL Times]

Not answering the phone on days off should be a legal right: FNV 2024-08-30 [Dutch News]

Jumbo banning staff from speaking to trade unions amid contract talks, FNV claims 2024-07-30 [NL Times]

Older workers struggling on Dutch labor market 2024-07-16 [NL Times]

VAT increase on print and online media is an “unexpected poison pill” says NVJ 2024-05-22 [EFJ]

Trade unions critical of cuts to civil service 2024-05-17 [NLTimes]

Unions call for the number of labor migrants to be regulated 2024-05-10 [NL Times]

Unions insist on national early retirement for hard physical labor; Employers hesitant 2024-05-05 [NL Times]

Standing still in Solidarity: Workers in the Transport Sector Call for Safer Working Conditions 2024-04-25 [ETF]

Uber ordered to pay €584,000 in penalties for failure to comply with court order for algorithmic transparency in robo-firing case brought by Worker Info Exchange & ADCU 2024-04-01 [ADCU]

Labor unions reach new deal with NS after months of negotiations 2024-03-31 [NL Times]

Pay rises average 6.3% so far this year, as inflation drops 2024-03-19 [Dutch News]

Trade unions still pushing for high increases in wage negotiations 2024-03-19 [NL Times]

FNV announces strike at chipmaker NXP in Nijmegen 2024-03-13 [NLTimes]

NS workers reject contract deal with 6.6% pay raise; Dutch rail strike not yet planned 2024-02-16 [NL Times]

Police and firefighters assaulted with fireworks around the Netherlands; Dozens hurt 2024-01-01 [NL Times]

NVJ wins pay rise for freelance and employed journalists 2023-12-21 [EFJ]

CNV advocates menopause policy in the workplace 2023-12-10 [NL Times]

Union wins 33% pay rise for Schiphol baggage handlers 2023-11-22 [Dutch News]

Demonstration against Delhaize franchising to take place in Amsterdam 2023-11-14 [BT]

Vexatious lawsuit against Het Financieele Dagblad condemned 2023-11-14 [EFJ]

'Bestaanszekerheid' — the buzzword of the Dutch election 2023-11-13 [The Observer]

New collective agreement at Cargill 2023-11-03 [IUF]

Dutch trade unions keep losing members 2023-11-02 [NL Times]

FNV wants mandatory code of conduct against transgressive behavior in the workplace 2023-10-22 [NL Times]

CNV: longest continuous strike ever at Cargill comes to an end 2023-10-22 [NL Times]

FNV strikes across five Cargill sites 2023-10-10 [IUF]

DC negotiations at Dutch company schemes in deadloc 2023-09-01 [IPE]

OECD Dutch National Contact Point: IKEA Agreed to Global Principles on Neutrality & Union Access 2023-07-06 [UNI Global Union]

Thanks to an age-dependent minimum wage, young Dutch workers are both over the hill and barely keeping their heads above water 2023-07-03 [Equal Times]

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