Good news for the approximately 4,500 logistics workers at Albert Heijn. After months of haggling, trade union CNV and Albert Heijn have now reached an agreement for a new Logistics collective labour agreement after all. "Albert Heijn is meeting important conditions for us," says Martijn den Heijer, negotiator for CNV Vakmensen.
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The lowering of the lowest pay scale - scale A - is also off the table. The wage increase for this year has remained at 1.75 per cent. CNV calls this a "setback". "However, we were able to secure this increase for next year as well. The gain in this CBA is that we were able to take the sharp edges off the flex and achieve a small plus for all employees.
CNV Vakmensen members will vote on the new collective agreement proposal next. FNV did not join the agreement.
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