It is not yet clear whether the resumed collective labor agreements will also lead to a good result, CNV argues. ‘NS took an important step yesterday. We see opportunities to get out,” negotiator Jerry Piqué said on the union’s website after consulting the CNV executives at NS. “At the same time, we don’t want to celebrate too soon. We’re not there yet, there’s no agreement yet.’
Members of CNV would have responded positively to the letter from NS. In that letter, NS acknowledges the signal that the workload in the company is too high and that something must be done. ‘NS also admits that the company has become too corporate and that the focus has been too much on money and planning. That’s important for people to hear. Of course, this also includes measures, we would like to make concrete agreements about that.’
‘NS still has to make significant steps’, writes the collective labor agreement negotiator of trade union FNV Spoor Henri Janssen on Twitter.