According to VVMC, the strike applies to all NS employees, such as office staff, driving staff and non-driving staff on the platforms, from 4.00 am to 3.59 hours the next day.
Around 8.30 pm it was announced that there are trains between Amsterdam and Schiphol. A spokeswoman for NS says that there are sprinters four times per hour in both directions between Amsterdam Central and Hoofddorp/Schiphol.
No rapprochement
According to VVMC, NS is not looking for any approach in the collective labor agreement conflict with the unions and the North-West region has therefore been added to the actions. “Until now, NS does not make any attempt to grant our requirements for a fair wage and better working conditions. We are forced to take action again. We ask travelers to understand and call NS to come up with a serious and honest proposal,” says director Wim Eilert of VVMC.
On Friday, almost the entire train traffic in the Netherlands stopped due to a strike from the unions in the Central region.
Open for conversations about timetable to Schiphol
Trade unionist Eilert said he was already open earlier today for conversations with Schiphol about a minimum timetable to the airport. “I assume that Schiphol will report to us. Then we will see together what we can do.”
During the strike on Friday there were also four times per hour in both directions sprinters between Amsterdam Central and Hoofddorp/Schiphol. According to NS, that was decided in good consultation with Schiphol and the unions.
No educational protest
The national educational protest against the cutbacks of the now fallen cabinet that would take place on Tuesday has been postponed because of the strike. A ‘central action moment’ is not possible, says a spokeswoman for the General Education Union (AOB).