New series of strikes: regional Dutch transport won’t be fully functional this week

On Wednesday and Friday, Regional transport workers will strike again to demand a better salary and labour agreement. 

Are you shocked? We sure aren’t. Recently, there’ve been more and more regional transport strikes — and it looks like they’re not going anywhere. 😉

Trade unions CNV and FNV warn that these strikes will not be the last of them since there has yet to be a collective labour agreement, reports the NOS.

Where and when?

Did you think Wednesday and Friday would be the only days of a strike? Nope, not on the regional transport workers’ watch.

At the moment, two days of strikes have been announced, which will set off a series of strikes that’ll each be reported at least 48 hours in advance.

For now, it’s still unknown which transport links will or won’t be running, so you can’t plan your journeys just yet.

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Therefore, we suggest keeping your eyes peeled on 9292 to know whether you’ll be one of the unlucky commuters on those days.

Trouble on and off the tracks

Regional transport workers aren’t the only ones on strike. Over the last few weeks, garbage collectors in and around Utrecht and Amsterdam have stopped working for the same reasons. 

READ MORE | Amsterdam garbage collectors are officially on strike for one week

The FNV wants to increase wages to line up with the inflation and stressful work conditions that are being felt all throughout the country. 

On behalf of the Association of Public Transport Employers, chairman Fred Kagie explained that the money is just not enough to support these demands. 🙄

What do you think of the regional transport strikes? Tell us in the comments below!

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Eva Gabriella
Eva Gabriella
After calling Malaysia her home for 19 years, Eva moved to Amsterdam to study literary and cultural analysis. Well, that was the academic theory — in reality it was more like “cultural shock.” Eva’s mastery of life in the Netherlands involved initiation into the richness of nocturnal hangouts, canals, cuisine, and upright and forthright cyclists (who she now rings her bell back at.) When she is not speeding her way through books, she is winding and weaving down endless straatjes, often finding herself, not so quite by chance, in a gezellig music bar!

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