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Cabinet Again Meeting with Employers, Unions on Social Security Cuts Today

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After months of protests and strikes, the government is meeting with employers and trade unions again today to discuss cuts to social security. Trade unions successfully forced the Cabinet to remove planned cuts to state pension (AOW), disability (WIA), and unemployment (WW) benefits from its budget for next year. But the government warned that cuts are inevitable and an agreement will have to be reached.

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The chairman of the FNV trade union, Hans Spekman, feels no pressure to reach a social agreement quickly. He said this ahead of a meeting between the cabinet, employers' organizations, and employees' organizations at the Catshuis regarding social security reforms.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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After months of bickering, the cabinet, trade unions, and employers will meet again at the Catshuis on Wednesday. VNO-NCW Chairman Coen van Oostrom urges urgency. The economy is grinding to a halt, the tax burden is too high, and due to the rise of AI, many people will soon have to find other work. "We must not become Belgium."

·Rotterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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After months of protests and strikes, employers and employees are resuming talks with the cabinet today at the Catshuis. The trade unions previously walked out, but now that the cuts to the state pension (AOW), disability benefits (WIA), and unemployment benefits (WW) have been scrapped, they are willing to talk again. Politicians expect quite a lot from the social partners, or 'the polder model'. Five questions regarding a possible social agre…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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THE HAGUE (ANP) - The chairman of the FNV trade union, Hans Spekman, feels no pressure to reach a social agreement quickly. He said this ahead of a meeting between the cabinet, employers' and employees' organizations at the Catshuis regarding social security reforms. Spekman acknowledges that the d...

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NOS broke the news in Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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