Last Tuesday, April 9, the People Platform of AmCham organized a session on employer relations and effective cooperation with Unions and Works Councils in the Netherlands, generously hosted by Kraft Heinz in Amsterdam. We were very honored that Rachida el Johari (Attorney-at-law at Sagiure Legal), Reinout Scholte (Senior Consultant Labor Relations at AWVN), and Bart Willems (Manager Strategy & Policy at De Unie) accepted our invitation to speak at this event and that Onno Wijngaard (HR Director Corporate Office at Heineken) was available to moderate the discussion.
During the event a brief overview was provided of the legal framework and important do’s and don’ts. Furthermore our guest speakers advised the participants on how to involve workers representation in their own business decisions and how to build and effectuate effective partnerships. Special attention was given to the position of Dutch subsidiaries of US companies, effective negotiations and trends in the social dialogue with Trade Unions. A discussion with the audience was held afterwards about how the landscape of labor relations in the Netherlands is changing and what this means for our own businesses going forward.
AmCham cordially thanks all speakers for being part of this event and a special thank you to Anil Shah (People & Performance/HR Lead Global Operations at Kraft Heinz) for his warm word of welcome and the great hospitality. AmCham thanks all guests for joining.
You can view the photos of the event here.
