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HIBIN: Cao result rejected and now?

December 28 2022

We have counted all the votes on the negotiation result for the Collective Labor Agreement Wholesale in Building Materials (HIBIN). The outcome turned out to be negative. The result of the vote was also negative for the other unions. Based on that, we contacted the employers again to see if they were willing to improve the offer they had made. The outcome of the conversation was clear; no, then you as trade unions should see it as a final offer.

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One of the arguments was that we would have suggested it ourselves. Nonsense of course. The employers did not want to go further than the offer made to which we as trade unions said; then we will present it to our members as a result of the negotiation. The rest is history.

What does this mean?

So no collective labor agreement for you and your colleagues in the Wholesale of Building Materials. The Hibin has now advised its members to introduce the wage increase of 2,5% and the € 50 in anticipation of the collective labor agreement. The principle of freedom, so happiness for the employers. The good companies will do this, but the expectation is that not every employer will do this and thus have a competitive advantage, that is to say on terms of employment. A very undesirable situation for all of us.

What to do now?

Together with the other trade unions, we will see what we can organize to show employers that they really need to come up with a better offer. We do not exclude anything, but this must first be legally substantiated. We will start working on this in 2023. We can think of what would be good to do, but I would love to hear your reaction first.

Please your response

What do you think we could do now to get employers to come up with a better offer? You can give your response via gerard.van.der.lit@unie.nl, even if you have other questions or comments.

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