Unions FNV and De Unie reached the successful conclusion of talks on a new collective labour agreement with the Dutch casino operator Holland Casino.
Both unions will now recommend acceptance to their members for the new agreement that will run from January 1, 2021, until May 31, 2022. It offers a wage increase of 1.5 per cent from October 1 of this year and a one-off payment of 0.75 per cent in March of next year.
Other agreements have been reached covering pensions and a working group has been set up between the operator and the unions to work on further improvements in scheduling and sustainable employment.
Holland Casino is a Dutch state-owned company and has the legal monopoly on gambling in the Netherlands, and has fourteen casinos located throughout the country. Profits from Holland Casino go directly to the Dutch treasury. In 2007, profit was around 267 million euros and in 2006 some 263 million euros.
The Netherlands Trade Union Confederation (FNV) has 1.1 million members, making it the largest trade union in the Netherlands.
The FNV plays an important social and political role in the Netherlands, standing up for the people who work, who want to work, or have had long working lives.
Die Unie is a trade union representing professionals in the private sector in the Netherlands.
The union was founded in 1972, when the Dutch Catholic Union of Foremen and Supervisors merged with the Union of Clerical and Supervisory Staff. It was initially named the Union of Officials, Management and Senior Personnel (BHLP).
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