De Unie is a typical network organization and has an unbiased outlook, with no influence or interference from political parties or religious or ideological organizations. We target professionals and are well represented among middle and senior management.

Our union officials, lawyers and secretaries keep in direct contact with the members from eight regional offices throughout the Netherlands. The management and service departments are located at the head office in Culemborg.

The Dutch trade union movement
About 1,900,000 people are members of Dutch trade unions. In terms of the total working population, 25 out of every 100 employees are unionized. The Netherlands has three trade union confederations: the FNV (Federation of Dutch Trade Unions), the CNV (National Federation of Christian Trade Unions) and the MHP (Trade Union Confederation for Middle and Senior Management). De Unie is a member of the MHP.

Mission and strategy
The target that De Unie has set itself is as follows: in a world of life and work where everyone is constantly faced with fresh choices, to set out together to find realistic solutions to individual needs and matters relating to work, income and personal development.

At De Unie we attach great importance to handling the interests of society and those of members, staff and stakeholders carefully, in line with our focus on socially responsible entrepreneurship. UniePlaza, our headquarters and open house to De Unie members, applies this philosophy both in its design, use of materials and energy supply and in its transparent labour organization and flexible working practices.

Services
De Unie supports its members in collective agreement disputes, helps them to draft or amend contracts of employment and offers them assistance in the event of reorganizations, labour disputes and dismissal. We provide personal support based on our in-depth understanding of businesses and collective agreements, giving us a marked added value vis-à-vis other organizations.

In the area of income, we provide individual members with advice in particular on taxation, pensions and social security, but we also welcome queries about other matters relating to income.

De Unie aims to be a trade union that helps its members to develop their personal strengths. Our Career Management service helps people to shape and manage their own professional development. Members can arrange career advice interviews through us. We also organize courses for members on topics such as effective job applications, personal effectiveness and networking.

Partners in a Network
In addition to our De Unie products and services we offer our members products and services under other labels such as UnieReizen (travel) and Member Benefits (financial advice, insurance and mortgages). In order to create a network of partnerships we work together with partners who share our philosophy of socially responsible entrepreneurship.

Who can join De Unie?
De Unie is active in many areas of the private and health care sectors. We operate in major companies such as Philips, Akzo, DSM, Unilever, NedCar, Corus, ING, ABNAMRO and KLM. And in firms large and small in a wide range of other industries, e.g. architecture and consultancy, aviation, banking and insurance, broadcasting and other media, catering and cleaning, chemicals, food and confectionery, ICT, retailing, security, trading and transport.

International affiliations
De Unie is aware of the fact that we live in a global society. Unions should meet the challenges this brings along. Therefore De Unie is affiliated to Union Network International [UNI], the European Metalworkers Federation [EMF], the International Metalworkers Federation [IMF] and the International Travelworkers Federation [ITF].