Employee pay party slowly fizzles out: salary increase at lowest point in 2.5 years

The wave of wages that has swept our country in recent years seems to be losing momentum. The collective labor agreement negotiations between employers and unions yielded an average wage increase of 3.8% in April. That is the lowest result in 2.5 years. However, it does not necessarily mean bad news for the purchasing power of the Dutch.

From the union they declared themselves in a state of alert. They assure that the companies must comply with the salary increase, although it was not approved