Denmark - Agreement for municipal staff - February 28, 2026

A new three-year collective agreement has been reached for 500,000 municipal employees, including teachers, pedagogues, and nurses. The agreement features a 9.2% economic framework, providing a general wage increase of nearly 6.3% and real wage growth. Key improvements include a “free-choice account,” adapted to the municipal labour market with a choice between salary, pension and time off, and a package that provides better conditions for families with children.

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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.