There may be nonetheless no collective labor settlement between the commerce unions and the NS administration. That’s the reason the employees has determined to go on strike once more, after having been on strike for 5 days previously two weeks. This Friday is the primary day of strike within the West and Northwest areas, which largely correspond to the provinces of South and North Holland.
Subsequent Tuesday, September 13, is the second day of the strike: work might be put down within the East, South and North areas. On that day, no or just about no Intercity trains will run to Schiphol from the provinces of Zeeland, North Brabant, Limburg, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and huge components of Gelderland and Overijssel.
The Central area will comply with on Thursday 15 September: the NS might resolve to cease practice site visitors nationwide as a precaution, since Utrecht is the center of the rail community and that’s additionally the place the management is situated. That shutdown additionally occurred the final time the Midden area went on strike (final Tuesday). At the moment solely the Sprinter Schiphol – Amsterdam CS was nonetheless operating. If the NS decides to take action once more, there may even be just about no practice site visitors to Schiphol on Thursday the fifteenth.
The NS unions desire a substantial wage enhance to compensate for the excessive inflation and to make working on the NS extra engaging. The railway firm is fighting an enormous employees scarcity. However in keeping with the NS administration, the necessities are far too excessive and, when added collectively, they’d result in a wage enhance of 20 p.c.
