The two union confederations that did not sign the 2011-2012 national framework agreement for the private sector, the socialist FGTB/ABVV and the liberal CGSLB/ACLVB, both organised a day of action on 4 March. FGTB/ABVV chairman Rudy de Leeuw on his blog reiterated earlier arguments for his confederation’s refusal. He emphasized that the efforts towards a new European stability pact and the Merkel initiatives in that direction did not help either to accept the IPA (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 3 December 2010 and Year 4 January and February 2011).
Dutch: http://www.abvv.be/web/guest/files-nl/-/file/162499/&p_l_id=10184
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