Negotiating parties reach agreement on Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities
The trade unions/employee organisations FNV, AC/FBZ, CNV Overheid and VAWO/CMHF and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) have reached a negotiation settlement regarding a new collective labour agreement that will affect the roughly 50,000 academic staff in the Netherlands. By the 30th of June at the latest, following consultation of those represented, the parties will determine whether this negotiation settlement will be converted into a definitive agreement.
Click here for the VSNU press release and the negotiation settlement
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