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Foodworker’s Union NNF and the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) have agreed on new collective agreements in the food and butchery industry Among the improvements are: RIGHT TO A SENIOR SCHEME Previously, employees had the option of a senior scheme 5 years before their retirement age - this has now become a right.
IMPROVED FREE-CHOICE SCHEME The free-choice scheme increases by 3% and can now also be used to pay for time off in connection with a child’s extra sick day and children’s medical visits.
FOCUS ON THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT The role of the health and safety representative at the company is strengthened in the form of more rights. Read more on page 3
I am delighted that we have exchanged the option of senior employees to get a senior scheme to a right. Along with the sharp focus on the working environment work, the two new industrial collective agreements are closely linked to Foodworker’s Union NNF fight for better conditions for physically run down food workers.
OLE WEHLAST, UNION PRESIDENT FOOD WORKER’S UNION NNF
– We have met the demands of the members
It is no secret that it has caused some frustration that the collective bargaining for the food and butchery industry has so often broken down and has resulted in areas being summarised in the mediation proposal. Not only that, the fact that there are now two independent settlements is an important result. It is a satisfied chief negotiator who has put his signature on the total of 78 protocols that make up the new food industry collective agreement and the new butchery industry collective agreement. Not only are they expressions of two independent settlements; they also contain a large number of the demands and wishes that the members of the two collective agreements put forward before the negotiations started. – Both demands for the right to a senior scheme and an extension of the free-choice scheme were among the priorities when, before the negotiations, we asked our members to submit demands and wishes. That is why I am delighted that we have succeeded in getting these two elements into the new collective agreements.”
JIM JENSEN, CHIEF NEGOTIATOR AND DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF FOOD UNION NNF
Jim Jensen highlights the two negotiating committees to help achieve the best possible results for their colleagues: – It is incredibly positive that we have our members very close to the negotiations. The negotiating committees come from the companies and they know what is going on among their colleagues. The negotiating committees have continuously said yes to the results of the negotiations. In this way, they have helped to ensure that the results we now have, live up to our colleagues’ expectations, says Jim Jensen. He also sends a respectful thought to employers who have shown genuine willingness to negotiate and a sincere desire to enter into a settlement.