Netherlands - 7.5% wage increase for security workers - January 31, 2026

Firefighters, emergency dispatch personnel, medical responders, and other employees of the security regions will receive a nearly 7.5% salary increase over the next two years. The FNV union reached this agreement with the employers' association WVSV after a long and difficult negotiation process. Salaries in the security region will increase retroactively by 4.1% as of 1 August 2025. Another 3.1% increase will follow on 1 August 2026, and 0.1% on 1 January 2027. In addition, a generous travel allowance has been agreed upon. The new collective agreement will run for 24 months: from 1 August 2025, to 1 August 2027.

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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.