Piet Fortuin

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Petrol and diesel fuel pumps
Business
Fuel prices drop slightly but remain high; Netherlands joins historic global oil release
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A labor action by trade union CNV
Business
Dutch unions threaten nationwide strikes over retirement, unemployment reforms
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Fired office worker holding a box with her belongings, humanoid AI robots waiting for a job interview in the background.
Business
Massive layoffs looming in the Netherlands, trade union CNV warns
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FNV Centraal Vakbondshuis in Utrecht
Business
More young people joining labor unions after years of decline
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Dockworkers.
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch unions and advocacy groups call for swift Cabinet formation and stable government
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Businessmen shake hands
Business
Top Dutch union aiming for wage increases of 3.5 to 5 percent in bargaining negotiations
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Wage gap
Business
Wage gap nearly halved in 15 years; Men still earning 10.9% more than women
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
Politics
Mixed reactions to budget update; Trade union & education furious
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Psychiatrist hands holding patient's hand
Health
More people going to company therapist due to waiting lists in mental healthcare
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Working from home
HealthBusiness
More Netherlands residents struggling to balance work and private life: trade union
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A police station in Roermond closed in protest for a decent early retirement scheme for police officers, 11 June 2024
Business
CNV halts labor actions for early retirement; FNV polling members
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A labor action by trade union CNV
Business
Labor union lowers wage demand, but pushing for shorter work week
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Sing board at Amsterdam Muiderpoort station showing canceled train to Leiden after a derailment in Voorschoten, 4 April 2023
Business
Gov't still wants temporary early retirement scheme, union says; Strike willingness high
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A labor action by trade union CNV
Business
Labor union membership fell to 15% in 2023; More young workers may sign up this year
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Tired woman working from home
Business
Older workers struggling on Dutch labor market
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Working from home
Business
Dutch workers have less freedom to work from home, CNV says
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Working parents
Business
Trade union CNV is pleading for more time off for informal care and a shorter workweek
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Sexual harassment in the workplace
Business
Nearly half of women sexually harassed at work: CNV
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Euros in a wallet
PoliticsBusiness
Trade unions critical of new government's planned cuts to civil service, benefits
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People working a tulip field in the Netherlands
Politics
Unions call for the number of labor migrants to be regulated
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Petrol and diesel fuel pumps
PoliticsBusiness
High petrol prices could lead Dutch workers to change jobs, union warns
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Construction workers in Rotterdam
HealthBusiness
Nearly half of workers can't make it to retirement
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Graduation
PoliticsBusiness
Diploma demands needlessly sideline tens of thousands of unemployed: trade union
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Grieving woman
HealthPolitics
Labor union CNV calls for mandatory paid bereavement leave; Minister punts on the issue