Employees of the water company Vitens will cease Financing

Employees of Zwolle, Leeuwarden, Arnhem and Utrecht participate in the collective agreement. The strikers will protest for the seat of Vitens. How many people join the actions, FNV pilot Linda Groen can not say exactly. According to her, half of all employees are affiliated to a union.

Best Collective Labor Agreement

Water company staff have been campaigning for some time for a better collective labor agreement. They demand a salary increase of 2.5% per year with retroactive effect. In addition, they are dissatisfied with the wage guarantees not respected.

Vitens' customers do not have to worry about a serious shortage of water. Water companies have a legal obligation to continue to provide water and activists do not want to disturb that. "We're not going to just shut off the water tap," says Groen. However, agreements with, for example, Vitens technicians should be canceled.