NETHERLANDS

The manufacturing sector saw the highest number of strikes. Employees are more satisfied with their pay and terms of employment than in recent years.

In 2025, the number of labour strikes continued to fall. Statistics Netherlands counted 23 strikes, down by 13 compared with 2024. Following a ...

Government employees in Netherlands hold one-day national strike over pay; strikes across London involving academic staff at London Metropolitan ...

Notably, the railway workers' strike was a spontaneous reaction to the harbour strike in Amsterdam, and their strike was not only about wages, but ...

Unions protest zero percent line. Dutch unions FNV, CNV, AC Rijksvakbonden, and CMHF Overheid have called employees in the civil service to down tools ...

The decision was made on Tuesday by around 700 workers following a meeting in the Port of Rotterdam, FNV Havens board member Asmae Hajjari said. She ...

A 24-hour general strike on 12 March 2026 has forced Brussels Airport to cancel all departures and compelled Charleroi Airport to shut entirely, ...

According to the Agency for Maritime Services and Coast (MDK), the protest has slowed ship movements, with only essential safety staff on duty. At ...

Civil servants and government officials in Netherlands stage national 24-hour pay strike; public transport workers on buses, trams and subway ...

CNV president Piet Fortuin added, “We will not hold further discussions as long as unacceptable measures against workers and benefit recipients remain ...

Many of these employees are expected to gather in The Hague to protest the government's decision to implement a so-called "nullijn," which means a pay ...

The Dutch Communist Party (which was outlawed when the Nazis invaded) led the resistance. It mobilized for a general strike after the metal workers' ...