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Aarnout Loudon and Kees van Lede made this appeal in a letter to Het Financieele Dagblad ( FD ). Loudon was CEO of the paint and chemicals company and Van Lede from 1982 to 1994 between 1994 and 2003.
The unions interfered for a time with the deterioration of the group's retirement benefits. This was one of the reasons for the 24-hour strikes last week in several AkzoNobel establishments
The position of the APF pension fund concerned was weakened, inter alia, by the sale of various business units. As a result, the number of active participants has decreased considerably. "The question arises whether AkzoNobel should have compensated for this," said the two former members of the board of directors in the letter
. The company says in a reaction to the newspaper that it does not intend to invest additional money in the APF. "The fund is independent and can fully fulfill its obligations," says AkzoNobel. An injection would damage the financial situation of the company.
Last week, 24-hour strikes were held in the offices of Akzo in Sassenheim, Wapenveld and Hengelo. The focus is not only on a new collective labor agreement, but also on improving the position of the pension fund.
On Friday, AkzoNobel submitted to the unions a modified collective agreement. In this, the payroll has been increased.
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