According to Jongsma, a factor is that collective labor agreement wages have lagged behind considerably in recent years. Jongsma: “The employers’ final offer still leads to a loss of purchasing power. That is not necessary. The price of milk, cheese and eggs rose much faster than other prices between 2015 and 2022, by no less than 33.5 percent. In the same During the period, the overall price increase was 21.45 percent, while wages in the dairy sector rose by 15.4 percent in that period. The employees do not want to fall further behind and demand a wage increase that does justice to the sharply increased prices.
