Overview
- ANWB staff staged a 12-hour work stoppage from 09:00 to 21:00 on Monday to press demands over pay, rosters and heavy workloads.
- A court in Utrecht found the strike lawful but ordered minimum staffing of 12.5% for the roadside service and 85% for the alarm centre and required unions to recall members for major incidents.
- Unions cite crowded rosters, high work pressure and poor work–life balance and say FNV seeks a 6% pay rise and a 36-hour week while CNV has offered a different pay proposal.
- The ANWB and FNV reported that service disruption was limited through the afternoon with no major backlogs and that extra staff and managers were used to meet the court thresholds.
- Negotiations remain deadlocked and the unions say they may continue targeted actions, which could raise waiting times if minimum staffing levels cannot be maintained.