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However, the court did not extend the same wage protection to the store’s non-unionised employees.","","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Fnetherlands-department-store-v-d-may-cut-wages-of-non-unionised-workers-february-23-2015","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:18:52.108788+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F10111\u002Fedit\u002F",[17,20,23,26,28],{"title":18,"slug":19},"World of Work","work",{"title":21,"slug":22},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":24,"slug":25},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":27,"slug":27},"2015",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":12,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Fnetherlands-department-store-v-d-may-cut-wages-of-non-unionised-workers-february-23-2015\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:23:54.752789+01:00",[38],{"type":39,"data":40},"raw_html_block",{"content":41,"variant":42},"\u003Cp>In a controversial ruling, an Amsterdam court denied department store V&D the right to unilaterally cut wages of trade union members. However, the court did not extend the same wage protection to the store’s non-unionised employees. Trade unions and management of department store V&D are in a large and mediatised conflict over an average 5.8% wage cut requested from employees. V&D is on the verge of bankruptcy after it was bought by US private equity firm Sun Capital Partners, who leveraged debts against V&D’s assets. In an effort to save the company from bankruptcy, V&D requested a temporary lower rent for the properties it rents as well as an average 5.8% wage cut. Trade unions refused the requested wage cut earlier, countering with a 2% offer that failed to reach a compromise. As the management attempted to press on unilaterally, trade unions took the department store to court demanding the current wages for all employees, unionised or not. The court ruled that unionised members’ wages cannot be cut; but the pay cut is allowed for all other employees ‘because there is insufficient evidence that non-unionised workers support the trade union position’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.dutchnews.nl\u002Fnews\u002Farchives\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fcourt-stops-vd-slashing-union-members-pay\u002F\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.dutchnews.nl\u002Fnews\u002Farchives\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fcourt-stops-vd-slashing-union ... \u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. 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