GKN Fokker: Negotiation result for new social plan

GKN Fokker wants new agreements on a social plan, but the unions and the employer did not reach a negotiating result. 

Employer's final offer

As mentioned earlier, this led to a final offer from GKN Fokker on two occasions. The members of De Unie and the other unions voted by a large majority against GKN Fokker's final offer for a new social plan on both occasions.

Campaigns

Since there was no prospect of any movement from GKN Fokker, an action plan was obvious. In order to put pressure on the employer to agree on a better social plan.

Held on April 22, 2025 De Unie therefore a so-called three-quarter meeting. A union must hold a three-quarter meeting among its members before it can even start an action plan. At the members' meeting of 22 April, only two Union members were present. We did not reach the necessary quorum to make decisions about a possible action plan.

The other unions did receive a mandate from their members for a course of action. They also called a number of strikes to get movement from GKN Fokker. De Unie and the VHP2 trade union did not have this mandate from their members, but they openly supported the actions.

Negotiation result

The actions have had an effect. We have reached a negotiation result for a new social plan. It contains things we are satisfied with and things we would have preferred to see better. All in all, enough to speak of a negotiation result. We present this negotiation result to you in a neutral manner.

As usual, our members with a Complete or Extra membership have the final say on the negotiation result. The negotiation result has been processed in a new version of the social plan. You can read this new plan here.

The main points from the negotiation result

Compared to GKN Fokker's second final offer, the following has changed in the new version of the social plan:

• The years of service bonus has been expanded.
• The signing bonus has been increased.
• The budget for outplacement, training and/or coaching has been increased.
• The budget for legal costs and/or financial advice has been increased.
• The capping of the termination payment when someone is close to their AOW date is limited. Any benefits that an employee receives up to their AOW date are now no longer deducted from the termination payment.
• After any UWV procedure, the employee remains entitled to the social plan, with the exception of the signing bonus, and the “delay” incurred due to the UWV procedure will be deducted from the termination payment.
• In the event of redeployment to a position where the salary is higher than the maximum of the lower salary scale: a warm personal allowance (i.e. it increases in line with collective labor agreement increases and counts towards pension accrual and holiday allowance) for 3 years and then a reduction in accordance with the collective labor agreement for the Metal and Electrical Industry.
• The multiplication factor for calculating the termination compensation has been set at 1,75.

To vote!

Members with a Complete or Extra membership have received an invitation to vote on this negotiation result. This can be done until Wednesday, May 28 at 12:00 noon.

As soon as the outcome of the vote is known, we will inform those involved.

Questions or remarks?

Do you have questions or comments? Please contact the representative Hans Korver. He can be reached at hans.korver@unie.nl and on 06-5252 2073.

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