Court Orders End to Rotterdam Dockworkers' Strike
Dockworkers at the Port of Rotterdam returned to work on Monday after a court ordered a temporary suspension of their strike, which had disrupted cargo operations for nearly a week.
The strike, which began on Wednesday, was called by dockworkers employed by ILS and Matrans over stalled negotiations for a new collective labor agreement.
- The Rotterdam court ruled that the strike could continue until 7 a.m. Monday but must then be paused to clear backlogs.
- The strike may resume on Friday morning if talks fail to produce an agreement.
The trade union FNV initially demanded a 7 percent pay increase on top of automatic inflation compensation, but later lowered the demand to 6.5 percent.
ILS and Matrans maintain that even the revised proposal is too high. Talks between the trade union FNV and the two companies were scheduled to resume on Sunday.
Author's summary: Court suspends dockworkers' strike in Rotterdam.