In the best or most ideal case – ideally – a collective labor agreement is a good balance between primary and secondary employment conditions.
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Sometimes a sound agreement on a structural wage increase takes precedence over modest agreements on other improvements to working conditions.
Sometimes a modest structural salary increase is compensated by attractive agreements in the secondary field.
We can tell you: we were still not sure after round II on November 11, 2025 in Maastricht.
The meeting was preceded by an "update of affairs" by Joris de Beer: "DSM-Firmenich (in the Netherlands) needs the employee organizations!" was the message, which we would like to pass on to you.
We will continue negotiations at the end of this month, on Tuesday, November 25.
Do you have any questions or remarks?
What do you think? Do you have any questions or comments about this post? Please contact our advocate, John Kapteijn, at john.kapteijn@unie.nl or call 06-5252 2067.
