Workers in child care services have voted in favour of a new collective agreement for the sector. The agreement includes a 1% wage increase in August and another 1% in February 2014. Workers will also receive two lump sum payments in March (€200) and September (€150) 2014. The end of the year bonus is replaced by a general 2% wage increase. The agreement will run until December 2014.
English: http://www.epsu.org/a/9580
Dutch: http://www.abvakabofnv.nl/nieuws/nieuws/532458-leden-akkoord-caoko/
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.