You currently use an outdated internet browser. You can upgrade to a modern browser or use the Google Chrome Frame to optimize your viewing experience In the past quarter, the successful completion of the parking garages De Meent and De Overtoom in the Municipality of Papendrecht took place. The current parking equipment has been upgraded with the hybrid parking system from Scheidt & Bachmann Benelux Drivers can enter and exit completely based on license plate recognition The advantage of our hybrid system is that we can reduce the issuance of tickets for short-term parkers this can easily be adjusted or even turned off a 32” entervo sign has been placed at the entrances.  "The entervo sign adds real value to the parking experience in our municipality It provides clear and straightforward information improving the parking process for our visitors," say the parking managers at the Municipality of Papendrecht a smart solution has been chosen: smart tenant subscription management is taken to the next level Various (larger) businesses get their own environment allowing them to manage and adjust their employees’ license plate administration themselves within the rights provided by the municipality We are happy and proud of this extended collaboration!  In the parking industry, Scheidt & Bachmann Parking Solutions GmbH is a leading provider of integrated modular system solutions for parking management of any size the digital transformation in the parking industry is actively shaped and supported in various forms parking is seen as an essential part of the mobility chain and cross-sector Contenders are prepared to battle for the continental crown in the final that takes place in the Netherlands Nail-bitting matches will delight fans during the round robin to reach the Saturday Become a torchbearer at Milano Cortina 2026Get ready for the experience of a lifetime Apply now to become a torchbearer of the Milano Cortina 2026 Torch Relay De Unie - News - Fokker: Reorganization the unions were informed by GKN Fokker Aerospace BV (Aerostructures Papendrecht and Landing Gear) and Fokker Elmo BV about a proposed reorganization there are three developments that have led to this decision: The proposed reorganization will result in job losses particularly within the Civil business line in Papendrecht Fokker has now submitted a request for advice to the Central Works Council (COR) The COR will assess the necessity and justification of the proposed reorganization and issue advice on this De Unie will enter into discussions with Fokker This plan aims to mitigate the impact of the reorganization on employees as much as possible for example by means of severance payments guidance to other work or retraining programs Our negotiating position is stronger the more members we represent the greater our influence at the negotiating table and the better we can represent the interests of all employees involved As a member with a Complete or Extra membership you have a direct say in the positions we take on your behalf and you benefit from individual support for questions or problems That is why we would like to ask you to share this information with colleagues who are not yet members. By becoming a member of De Unie not only do they contribute to stronger collective bargaining, but they also benefit from personal support and advice in these uncertain times. Registration is easy by click here We understand that a proposed reorganization brings uncertainty and concerns De Unie is ready to defend your interests and support you Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need advice If you have any questions or comments, please contact the advocate Suat Koetloe by email suat.koetloe@unie.nl or call 06-5252 2061 2025 De Unie a three-quarter meeting to determine readiness for action Result of three-quarter meeting A three-quarter meeting is intended… we informed our members about GKN Fokker's new final offer for a new social plan… our members with a Complete or Extra membership could cast their vote on the… 2025 De Unie | 0345 851 851 | info@unie.nl | Multatulilaan 12, 4103 NM Culemborg | Privacy Fresh ideas from museums around the globe in your inbox each week After early experiences in consumer marketing and advertising with the likes of Saatchi & Saatchi Boudewien says that finding a role within the museum world “was like coming home” Over a five-year period at the Van Gogh Museum she built an admirable international reputation for creating impactful social media campaigns driving engagement across the museum’s platforms and helping the institution deal with the many challenges presented by the Coronavirus pandemic through 2020 and 2021 While the Van Gogh Museum already had a sizeable social following and had “the most famous artist in the world to talk about” Boudewien’s arrival served to significantly advance the effectiveness and impact of the institution’s social media accounts By the time Boudewien left the Van Gogh Museum in August 2021 she was responsible for managing digital communities with over 9.5 million users – an audience renowned for being one of the most engaged fanbases in the museum world “I’m an Applied Psychologist who spent my early academic years studying consumer behaviour When I first moved into museum marketing it wasn’t perhaps as evident to those within institutions that applied psychology was relevant to social media management “When I took up my post with the Van Gogh Museum I think people were excited about the potential of these channels but not everybody really understood how they should be utilised or how they fit into the museum’s ecosystem “The advantage of this was that it enabled me to find what worked so quickly There weren’t that many processes and procedures in place and I could take a lot of liberty to learn experiment and apply what I thought would work based on my psychology background I believe that my work has helped to create a culture shift and make people much more aware of how important it is to understand online behaviours when working in social media Van Gogh Museum / Photographer: Tomek Dersu Aaron Having recently established her own digital engagement and activation agency Boudewien is working together with cultural organisations to help them grow and realise their potential – serving her mission and passion to reach and engage more people with art through her knowledge She believes that developing effective and impactful social media accounts isn’t just about what you do with the community itself it also relies on internal communications and reporting in order to gain engagement from other teams within the museum: “It’s important to be an ambassador for the social channels within an organization That involves creating videos and internal documents as well as sharing some of the things that the online community are doing building awareness slowly but surely serves to help museum teams understand that there is a power and an importance to what happens in the digital space “I have to say that we are still learning and understanding how these online communities interact; it is always changing and the job is never done But by the end of my time at the Van Gogh Museum I think we had got to the point where social media was no longer an island; it wasn’t standing apart from the rest of the museum.” In appraising the work carried out by her team at the Van Gogh Museum “While museums have spent many years growing to understand how people use spaces within the walls of a museum understanding the digital space and how people interact and are social within them is still new The real secret to our success in the Van Gogh was focusing on the behaviours within the global community.” Boudewien will share some of the most engaging campaigns she worked on during her time at the Van Gogh Museum a Van Gogh birthday cake bake-off and the sharing of works from the Van Gogh Inspires Facebook group She comments: “My little secret is that the very best performing posts I ever shared to social media didn’t come from me or the rest of the team they came from fans of Van Gogh who had contributed within the community I think that is an important message to share The Van Gogh Museum shows the power of social media and the potential for museums to build global communities outside of their physical institutions That’s what we are trying to achieve now through Bubble Shooters: exploring what being social in the digital space means.” the Van Gogh Museum was the perfect institution to benefit from digital expansion Almost permanently sold out for physical visitors throughout the year there is a limit to the number of people able to enjoy the great artist’s works in person each year – 2.2 million people in total art lovers are able to repeatedly and regularly engage in a “social” way with the subject matter There is no limit in space or access within the online world – something that is particularly relevant at a time when museums are placing greater emphasis on inclusivity and accessibility as well as encouraging people to reduce their carbon footprint “Art has a vital message to convey and it is important that as many people as possible have access to different ideas and artworks we know it’s not possible or responsible for everyone to visit every gallery or museum in person What I hope we’ll see over the coming years is that digital contributes to art becoming more accessible to a bigger and broader audience “Museums really need to realise that reaching  and inspiring a new and broader audience online is a vital factor in achieving their mission not just through Covid but for the future.” And what about other speakers she’s keen to hear from at the upcoming summit “I’m really interested to hear more from Chris Cloud I caught his talk for MuseumNext earlier in the year and I’m fascinated to see him share more of his own insights Hear more from Boudewien, Chris and an exceptional range of other museum marketing professionals at November’s Digital Marketing Summit running 22nd–24th November 2021. Find out more about the conference here Tim Deakin is a journalist and editorial consultant working with a broad range of online publications Museums are places of constant inspiration They can be a riot for all senses and an experience that can stay with visitors forever one of the most visited museums in the world recently took an ambitious leap into the future of cultural engagement by offering.. the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam set out to transform how educational materials for schools were delivered Recognising the challenges faced by teachers—a.. © MuseumNext 2025 | Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy | Designed by General Public Door René van EngelenPer abuis heeft de gemeente Papendrecht 1,3 miljoen meer overgemaakt naar vliegtuigbouwer Fokker dan was afgesproken De gemeente zelf ontdekte dat ze teveel heeft overgemaakt Het overgemaakte bedrag is per ongeluk gebaseerd op ‘nieuw berekende reële kosten’ in plaats van het afgesproken bedrag Een en ander bleek naar aanleiding van vragen gesteld door het PAB tijdens het vragenkwartier Wethouder Wendy Renzen bood namens het college aan de gemeenteraad haar excuses aan Ze gaf aan dat de gemeente met Fokker kijkt naar oplossingen Gewoon terugstorten van het bedrag bleek niet te kunnen De gemeente verwacht wel met Fokker tot een oplossing te komen De wethouder maakte duidelijk dat Fokker uiteraard wel gewoon rente moet betalen over het teveel gegeven krediet Volg RTV Papendrecht op Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/rtvp.bsky.social SEARCHThe global authority in superyachting The 79.8-metre Feadship superyacht Project 716 is now on transport to Aalsmeer in the Netherlands for outfitting works The secretive build entered the spotlight view a few days ago at the yard's Papendrecht facility when she was rolled out of the shed for the very first time aluminium superstructure and volume of approximately 2,500GT have been confirmed by the yard while the initial imagery reveals straight lines and a traditional tiered deck uncluttered bow and partially sheltered sundeck According to BOATPro the secretive superyacht is scheduled for a late 2026 delivery Further details will be revealed as the build progresses Latest news, brokerage headlines and yacht exclusives, every weekday SubscribeSign up to our newslettersSign up to BOAT International email newsletters to get the latest superyacht news Boat International Media Ltd © 2008 - 2025 Content presented under the "BOAT Presents" logo is an advertising feature and Boat International Limited has been paid to include this content Edmund Burke is traditionally considered the intellectual father of modern conservatism Hungarian Conservative has already reviewed his most well-known work The present essay will discuss Burke’s ideas about democracy neither by modern nor early modern standards he was one of the most avowed critics of popular democracy a form of government—or rather idea—still nascent and not widely practiced during the late 1700s Burke was also a critique of the absolute monarchy but rather a non-liberal form of social contract Burke therefore believed that each society has made a deal with their sovereign Burke differed from Hobbes in the sense that the previous approved power-sharing between educated or able citizens and the King Burke also argued that minor constitutional changes can and should sometimes occur when the British dethroned the absolutistic-prone Stuarts in favour of William of Orange Burke was a firm believer in constitutional monarchy and of a representative parliamentary system He saw the nineteenth century British system—shaped by the Glorious Revolution and the Bill of Rights—as more or less ideal the Glorious Revolution however was a once-in-a-lifetime event He famously claimed that the past and future generations also have a ‘suffrage’ and therefore political changes were to be made cautiously he argued that while the Glorious Revolution changed the British system it was more of a necessary reform of safeguarding basic rights and guarantees against tyranny and generally any popular attempt to scrutinise representatives beyond the ballot box deputies were not envoys or vessels of the crude popular will in the ‘Speech to the Electors at Bristol at the Conclusion of the Poll’ if he sacrifices it to your opinion.’ Therefore the voters’ role ended upon casting their ballot the elected deputies were free to act as they saw fit Burke was also a supporter of the constitutional monarchy He saw the person of the monarch as a counterbalance against popular will and politicians he considered the role of the aristocracy as a social elite important in a similar sense He was sceptical of democracy for multiple reasons Burke saw the general population as not knowledgeable enough to make informed decisions the masses were also too vulnerable to the propaganda of demagogues he considered it necessary that the upper-class elites should be able defend minorities from the masses and the majority rule the rights and freedoms of the people derived from traditions and legal documents as opposed to being given by nature or God to all persons Behind this lied the conservative view that rights and freedoms vary in different societies Burke preferred national tradition as their source citizens of a nation had no right to change the form of government of their respective country with disregard to its traditions and ancestral values who saw rights and freedoms as natural and equal as well as the form of government as open to change Burke argued for ‘listening’ to the previous generations political rights were not natural and universal but rather dependent on the history and culture of each nation He considered the legal status quo as more or less ideal in defence of the British constitutional monarchy and census suffrage Burke’s views on democracy have lessons for all political sides He argued very effectively against majoritarian views demonstrating that just because ‘the people’ momentarily wish for something it is not always the right or moral decision when popular will is defined as a practical snapshot of what ‘50 per cent plus one’ of eligible voters wish for he reminded of the importance of checks and balances and warned against the fashionable idea of dismissing experts and ‘elites’ while relying on the swinging mood of the general population a political system proven to be beneficial in one country cannot always be exported to another detailing the political rights of the citizens and form of government Burke offers us a conservative interpretation of respect for institutions the institutions of the respective states are the framework to work within he recognised that these institutions could not be changed according to whims and popular and that a set of institutions working in one nation may not work in another also serves as valuable warning against the risks of the fashionable populism and anti-establishmentarianism of today Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective PAPENDRECHT, the Netherlands – Iv-Offshore & Energy b.v. (Iv-ONE) has signed the early works contract with Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms Pte Ltd. (SMOP) for the engineering of the Sofia high voltage direct current (HVDC) platform The Sofia wind farm will be 195 km (121 mi) off the northeast coast of the UK on the shallow area of the central North Sea known as Dogger Bank The company is SMOP’s engineering subcontractor for the balance of plant installation and will provide detailed design for both the topsides and jacket and procurement of topsides equipment The Sofia offshore wind farm will consist of 100 turbines The offshore converter platform will convert the electricity generated by the turbines from 66 kilovolts (kV) alternating current up to 320kV direct current before transmission to shore Construction of the wind farm is due to begin onshore at its Teesside converter station site early next year with offshore construction expected to get under way in 2023 and Iv-ONE completed a FEED study for the proposed Sofia HVDC platform The group draw for the IKF Korfball Champions League 2024 finals was completed on Thursday (14-December) evening The Champions League Finals will be played between the 7th and 10th of February 2024 in Papendrecht Netherlands hosted by the Royal Dutch Korfball Association (KNKV) and Papendrecht Korfbal Club (PKC) CC Oeiras (Portugal)  Group B: Boeckenberg (Belgium) PKC/Vertom are joined in Group A by the largest club in Germany Belgium champions Boeckenberg is joined in Group B by six-time consecutive champions from Germany SG Pegasus and Portugal’s most successful club; NC Benfica The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals which will be played on Friday 9th February The final will be played at 4pm on Saturday 10th February 2024 The Champions League Final is the pinnacle of the club European korfball season and includes the best club teams from across the continent All fans around the world are able to watch and follow all this IKF Korfball Champions League live on youtube.com/ikfchannel and on www.worldkorfball.sport (with live results and streams as well as on social media on the hashtags #KCL and #korfball You can find all this content and much more visiting the following official @IKFKCL profiles (click on the icons) as well as the main IKF main profiles (see below): 2022 Fokker's main campus in Papendrecht Photo: ANP/HH/ Richard van HoekFokker’s main campus in Papendrecht Photo: ANP/HH/ Richard van HoekAerospace company Fokker is to close its two factories in Helmond and Hoogerheide and centralise its operations in Papendrecht and said they will take action if they are unable to agree terms with parent company GKN No jobs will be lost under the restructuring but staff face having to relocate up to 100 km when the plants close over the next two years British-based GKN plans to expand the campus in Papendrecht But the FNV union questioned how many employees would be prepared to make the move Jan Meeder, an official with FNV Metaal, said: ‘People aren’t happy and that’s an understatement If you’re used to cycling to work or a short car journey and that changes Around 350 people work at the Helmond factory where 800 people including 300 agency workers are employed Papendrecht municipal council last year agreed to invest €16 mn, €12 mn of it in loans in the development of Fokker’s campus to attract more jobs to the area Meeder said employees who agreed to relocate needed to be adequately compensated for the extra cost of time and travel The union is meeting workers at the factories on Wednesday to discuss the next steps ‘After that we will negotiate with the company directors,’ said Meeder ‘If that turns into a fiasco you can expect further action.’ We could not provide the Dutch News service without the generous support of our readers Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days We could not provide this service without you Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey Begin deze week werd betonschade ontdekt aan de A15 bij de Noordtunnel Rijkswaterstaat begon woensdag meteen met herstelwerkzaamheden De snelweg in de richting van Rotterdam gaat daarom vanaf vrijdagavond drie extra avonden en nachten dicht Toen Rijkswaterstaat de schade aan de tunnel tussen Alblasserdam en Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht ontdekte werd direct besloten dat al het verkeer van zwaarder dan vijftig ton niet meer door de tunnel mocht tot de reparatie was uitgevoerd Dat repareren duurt volgens Rijkswaterstaat nog een paar dagen langer Doorgaand (vracht)verkeer wordt in de nachten omgeleid via de N915 en de Brug over de Noord Zwaar vrachtverkeer moet via de Digitale Wegenkaart Ontheffingen hun route plannen Daarnaast zal op donderdag en vrijdag en in het weekend overdag één rijstrook minder beschikbaar zijn Volgens Rijkswaterstaat moeten reizigers rekening houden met een kwartier extra reistijd Dit bericht verscheen eerder bij onze mediapartner Rijnmond Volg ons ook op ons WhatsApp kanaal: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaoRvYF6rsQtr0tBRu3u The remediation of dozens of vegetable gardens near the Chemours factory in Dordrecht would cost tens of millions of euros a chemical substance that falls under the collective name PFAS The factory emitted this substance in large quantities for years Chemours has promised to pay the costs for the remediation 1,300 locations require cleaning for fruit and vegetables from these gardens to be able to be consumed without any health risks “A rough estimate is that this will cost between 25 and 50 million euros,” he said at the delivery of his first project to gain experience in remediating vegetable gardens the top 50 centimeters of contaminated soil has been dug up and replaced by clean soil The allotment grower planted some garlic plants in it on Monday director An Lemaire of Chemours and alderman Roelant Bijderwieden of Sliedrecht Members of the local protest group “Stop PFAS stop Chemours” also attended the gathering but they were forced to leave the premises They followed Lemaire’s speech from behind a fence walked with the Chemours director when she left the vegetable garden The location is situated opposite the factory on the other side of the Beneden-Merwede river The director said during her speech that the company is hoping that initiatives like this and other concrete steps will help them regain nearby residents’ trust Lemaire said that she knows that the company has a long way to go in order to achieve this “We are trying to put a point behind the past We want to do this with concrete actions and measures,” said Lemaire in Sliedrecht "We want to address the concerns of local residents and eliminate them," Lemaire repeated over and over again She also emphasized that Chemours has "enormously" reduced the emission of harmful substances "The situation is very different now than it was a few years ago We are at less than 1 percent emissions compared to what it was We are doing everything we can to eliminate the concerns The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) advised people to not eat anything from vegetable gardens within a kilometer of Chemours in 2022 After research was conducted in the municipalities of Dordrecht the RIVM concluded that the vegetables had higher concentrations of PFAS PFAS are chemical substances that can be damaging for people’s health and the environment The court thinks that Chemours (which used to be called DuPont) are responsible for the damage that occurred as a result of their pollution on the surfaces of Dordrecht Papendrecht and Sliedrecht between 1984 and 1998 The chemical company agreed with the municipalities to help and pay for the remediation of the vegetable gardens and the Merwedelanden which is a swimming lake that is also polluted with PFAS which has its headquarters in Singapore and one of the largest tank container operators in Asia with the opening of a branch office in Papendrecht Legend has been growing steadily since its start in 2012 and has recently expanded its footprints to Europe Legend Logistics Group is strengthening its position as an integrated specialised logistics provider Legend Netherlands provides comprehensive logistics solutions for bulk liquid products tailored to its customers’ requirements and specifications Legend chose the Netherlands for its first European office because it is an important logistics hotspot in Europe and has the highest concentration of logistics service providers The new office is the 11th establishment of the Legend Logistics Group Legend Netherlands’ suite of services includes bulk liquid logistics and tank container specialised services such as washing heating and handling of tank containers as well as shipment of bulk liquids It provides these services both for intermodal and deep-sea routes The European branch is managed by Ruben Hofland who has been in the industry for over 10 years and previously managed a local office of one of the top global tank container lessors with overall responsibility for the management and oversight of the business in North and South America Chris van Voorden, Director of Foreign Investments at InnovationQuarter: InnovationQarter as well as Rotterdam Partners and Deal Drecht Cities are glad that Legend Logistics has chosen The Rotterdam – The Hague area their next step in their expansion With its strong industrial logistic cluster I am sure Legend Logistics will thrive in Europe We welcome the opportunity to support the company in their efforts to anchor their business here.” director Southeast Asia at the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency welcomes Legend Logistics Group to the heart of Europe: “I am delighted that Legend Logistics has chosen to set up its operations in the Netherlands the Netherlands is still the ideal place to get started on the European market Our well-known infrastructure both physical and digital connects you to 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bow and expansive on-deck space, as well as a blue and white colour scheme shared with another recent Feadship, the 75.8-metre One Speaking of sharing, Project 714 has the same diesel-electric power system as the 84.2-metre Obsidian, which has 4.5 times more electrical storage capacity than the Dutch yard's first hybrid yacht, Savannah The propulsion and steering are delivered by two contra-rotating thrusters which eliminate the need for traditional drive shafts and rudders significantly reducing drag and enhancing efficiency an approximate volume of 2,500GT and a draught of 3.9 metres « All Events UPDATE 16/03/2022 – The IKF EXCO has decided to cancel the IKF Europa Cup 2022 the IKF EXCO decided to look for alternative dates for the IKF Europa Cup due to the corona developments at that time but it was not possible to organise the event on those dates at the original location Despite the best efforts of the participants and the IKF to find an alternative host we have not been able to secure enough teams for a viable event Chemical group Chemours tried to quietly settle a massive damage claim filed against it by the four nearby municipalities. Before the summer, Chemours offered “several millions” to settle current and future damage caused by PFAS pollution, Zembla reports based on minutes of a closed council meeting of the municipality of Dordrecht The municipalities discussed the settlement with the chemical plant but ultimately rejected it liable for environmental and health damage caused by PFAS pollution by the company It now appears that Chemours tried to buy off the damage in the run-up to the ruling During the closed council meeting in Dordrecht on May 30 the office of the mayor and aldermen and the State Attorney informed the council that Chemours had presented a settlement proposal Chemorus made an opening offer of “several millions,” not to block the court ruling but to draw a final line under all current and future damage claims If the municipalities accepted the settlement offer they couldn’t submit any further claims caused by the PFAS compounds PFOA and GenX The only exception was possible damage caused by substances not known about yet The settlement was also conditional on all four municipalities agreeing The State Attorney noted that Chemours was trying to improve its image with the settlement Chemours indicated that it would very much like to get rid of the whole case and also want to involve other municipalities and “Chemours would very much like to come to a settlement to draw a final line under this file they would very much like the community to think more positively about the company than is currently the case.” The State Attorney advised the municipality to discuss the settlement with Chemours but added that the opening amount offered was much too low On Thursday, NRC also reported that the eggs of hobby chicken keepers around Chemous regularly contain too much PFAS to be safe for consumption NRC had eggs from nine hobby farmers in a radius of six kilometers around the factory tested for PFAS Eggs from five of the nine locations contained too high concentrations of the carcinogenic substances The eggs from one farm close to the factory were so contaminated that an adult man eating half an egg per week would ingest more PFAS than safe according to European guidelines One egg a week would give 4-year-olds 20 times more PFAS than is safe The four municipalities involved rejected Chemours' settlement proposal last month calling the offer “inappropriate.” All four municipalities rejected the offer and have informed Chemours as such the Dordrecht office of mayor and aldermen said to the city council in a letter dated July 6 the Provincial Council of Zuid-Holland will hold a hearing on Chemours and its PFAS pollution The Provincial Council members will question the management of the chemical factory Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on 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compared to  their colleagues in Helmond Fokker will close both branches later this year But staff in Helmond receive thousands of euros more to move with than their colleagues in Hoogerheide More than 200 people left work for 24 hours on February 14 and March 16 It was mainly women who almost all live in the vicinity of the company The upcoming action is a 48-hour work stoppage the Fokker management does not meet the demands of the staff “They still don’t see that there is unequal appreciation Our members of Fokker Elmo really don’t like this,” says Jan Meeder of the union The staff in Helmond will receive an extra three months’ salaries if they move to Papendrecht And that does not apply to the employees in Hoogerheide Meeder claims that an equal arrangement had previously been agreed for all staff “But the management apparently thought and thinks it is normal to do something extra for people at Landing Gear in Helmond when it suits them,” says the union administrator “Then they tell the people at Elmo that they are not going to do anything extra here because Elmo employees are easier to replace.” Parent company GKN Fokker – as with previous strikes – does not elaborate on the announced action The company refers to the earlier reaction: “We regret that the unions have called a strike at Fokker Elmo We have agreed a good relocation arrangement with the unions We will implement this  for our employees in Hoogerheide and Helmond.” This is all wiring between the cockpit and other aircraft parts Source: Omroep Brabant and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Dutch shipping group Boskalis could potentially be broken up if the European Union does not adapt the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) The law entered into force over the summer requiring companies to also handle due diligence on environmental impact and human rights linked to their entire operations as well as the operations of those organizations with whom they do business "The green course of the EU is completely devoid of any reality," said Peter Berdowski He spoke with the Telegraaf about a 2024 in which Boskalis will report operating results of over a billion euros But the CSDDD threatens a 5-percent fine equivalent to a maximum of global turnover for companies that operate in the European Union with a net turnover of over 450 million euros regardless if they are headquartered in the European Union Those firms based in the EU can only be punished if their staffing levels are above 1,000 full time positions The fines for the lack of compliance should start in 2027 “This was conceived on the basis of the idea that the rest of the world will follow the EU but other non-European countries have their own ideas about this Here too: piles of reports and uncertainty for companies that are faced with a fine like the sword of Damocles," Berdowski told the newspaper "If the CSDDD reporting obligation continues in its current form we are heading for a split: a Boskalis for the European activities and one for those outside of Europe because otherwise we will no longer be able to compete with companies that do not fall under this regulation We operate in the global market and have to relate to it Boskalis was among the Dutch companies that began exploring options for expansion outside of the Netherlands in recent years particularly during and after the November 2023 elections for the Tweede Kamer A wide range of political parties embraced positions which create obstacles to international education academic coursework in languages other than Dutch recruitment of workers in foreign countries and income tax breaks for highly-skilled and knowledgeable foreign workers The election brought a coalition government of right-wing parties led by historically anti-immigrant nationalist party PVV about a dozen of the largest companies in the Netherlands began making moves to expand their offices outside of the Netherlands With a domestic labor shortage and uncertainty around corporate policy the companies said they were forced to begin looking elsewhere in the interests of their shareholders In March, Boskalis said it already had 300 employees at its Abu Dhabi office where Berdowski noted they had access to an "endless supply of talent" from Asia we get a visa for staff within a few weeks if we even succeed,” Berdowski said at the time He told the Telegraaf this week that key shareholder HAL has not expressed a preference about whether Boskalis should remain in Papendrecht If Boskalis posts a profit for 2024 over a billion euros it will be a substantial improvement from 2023 when the company listed earnings of about 604 million euros That alone was a 150-percent improvement compared to the previous year because the war in Ukraine has caused energy prices to rise and it has become necessary to tap into new energy sources both on the wind and fossil side," Berdowski said this week He noted the company's work in constructing wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean off the eastern coast of the United States this year as well as its work competing a new airport in Manila The work on wind energy is because Boskalis began offering more offshore services over a decade ago But solar and wind still amounts to about 20 percent of the total global energy supply will remain instrumental for the time being “If you talk about green ambitions in Europe you see that this is not decisive in the development of global energy consumption The course that the European Union is taking with regard to green energy is completely devoid of any sense of reality,” Berdowski said The company was instrumental in freeing container ship Ever Given which had caused a complete blockade of the Suez Canal we’re going to court in London because we still haven’t received our money from this job due to a dispute about the form of the contract," Berdowski told the newspaper The chemical factory Chemours in Dordrecht is liable for the damages suffered by the municipalities around it due to pollution with carcinogenic PFAS, the Rotterdam court ruled on Wednesday in a civil case. The ruling opens the path to compensation proceedings, NOS reports The municipalities of Dordrecht Papendrecht and Molenlanden filed this lawsuit against Chemours and its predecessor The municipalities want to recover the costs of Chemours pollution including soil and health surveys carried out with public money and financial damage due to the consequences of soil contamination They also accused the company of doing too little to prevent the consequences of emissions Chemours argued in its defense that it had a permit to emit the PFAS in question It said it has worked hard in recent years to reduce emissions cutting GenX emissions by 99 percent and aiming to reduce its other emissions by 80 percent by next year The company argued that it invests in processes and techniques to reduce its impact on the environment But that is too little too late, according to the municipalities. In June, the television program Zembla revealed that DuPont knew about the risks posed by PFAS and that it was heavily polluting the area around it for decades It appointed a PFAS coordinator as early as the 1990s who warned that PFAS was leaking through broken and cracking pipes that the pollution was nearly impossible to control and could have serious liability consequences Zembla also revealed that Chemours tried to reach a settlement agreement with the municipalities for all current and future damages caused by PFOA and GenX PFAS is a collective name for thousands of manmade chemicals used in the industry for their heat-resistant and moisture, grease, and dirt-repellant properties. They are often used in non-stick coating in cookware, water-repellant clothing, fire-fighting foam, and cosmetics. PFAS are very polluting as they hardly degrade. Several are also carcinogenic with long-term exposure. © 2012-2025, NL Times, All rights reserved. 2014Save this storySaveSave this storySaveSee which new faces owned the stage De Unie - News - GKN Fokker: Closing Landing Gear Helmond and Elmo Hoogerheide GKN Fokker has De Unie and her fellow unions announce that she wants to close Landing Gear in Helmond and Elmo in Hoogerheide An unprecedented hard message for those who work there Your employer wants to accommodate the activities of Landing Gear and Elmo at the location in Papendrecht A registration form for an online information meeting can be found at the bottom of this message Would you like to be kept informed of the latest Fokker news for free? Then register. De Unie believes that the current social plan applies to this reorganisation She believes that the work should not be canceled And that is why the current social plan does not apply In the WOR (Works Councils Act) the closure of a location is regarded as a reorganization And also in the social plans that we conclude as trade unions employees who work at a location always fall under a social plan Only GKN Fokker believes that most employees in Helmond and Hoogerheide will not be made redundant We therefore have a fundamental disagreement with your employer We are of course always willing to talk to your employer about compensation for travel time and additional travel costs for those who live within 60 minutes traveling distance of Papendrecht or who voluntarily choose to follow their work to Papendrecht for a longer travel distance But in addition to the current social plan GKN Fokker has described in detail in a letter to the staff of Landing Gear and Hoogerheide which scheme it offers instead of the social plan Your employer wants everyone to follow his/her work to Papendrecht GKN Fokker's offer is considerably more disadvantageous than the current social plan we have not yet negotiated an additional relocation arrangement with your employer Do not sign an offer or a new employment contract until we have concluded negotiations with GKN Fokker You can then have any offer assessed by a lawyer from De Unie can imagine that you have questions about the reorganization that GKN Fokker announced on March 18 I am therefore organizing an online members' meeting to explain the situation as we understand and experience it as trade unions I am curious to hear from you about the use of De Unie should be in the upcoming negotiations with GKN Fokker The online members meeting will take place on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 19:30 PM. Even if you are not a member of De Unie you can join this online meeting.  You can register here. Do you have any questions or comments? Please contact me. You can contact me on hans.korver@unie.nl and on 06-5252 2073 2025 De Unie | 0345 851 851 | info@unie.nl | Multatulilaan 12, 4103 NM Culemborg | Privacy De Unie - News - GKN Fokker submits final offer for new social plan The employer has put an end to the negotiations with the unions on a new social plan for all employees in Papendrecht and Hoogeveen and is making a final offer This final offer can be found De Unie and her fellow unions is downright unacceptable The main points of the final offer are as follows: The unions have informed GKN Fokker that this final offer will cause 'trouble' The reason for this is that normally comparable agreements are only made in crisis situations there is absolutely no crisis at GKN Fokker and the prospects certainly cannot be considered as a possible crisis It seems to be all about profit maximization It seems that the responsible management is applying the same strategy as during the negotiations on the old social plan: talking at length about abandoning the previous social plan and not intending to come up with the money It took a threatened strike to change GKN Fokker's mind We hope that this will not have to happen again but the management is once again letting it come to that Compared to the previous social plan of 2019 * The amounts mentioned in the old social plan were agreed in 2019 approximately 2025% inflation since 25 must be taken into account in 2019 which was also not discounted in this final offer Below you will find a comparison of some examples of the termination compensation under the old social plan versus the compensation you would receive under the final offer submitted: *) Salary per month includes all other regular salary components such as holiday pay The cheese slicer affects all employees for thousands tens of thousands to more than a hundred thousand euros the older employees who have been employed the longest are hit the hardest in their expired leave and compensation Please note (!): these are gross amounts and mean that you should take into account approximately 50% of the net actual benefit We plan to organize joint staff meetings in Hoogeveen and Papendrecht As soon as he knows the dates of the meetings The voting will also open around that time Members with a Complete or Extra membership can then give their opinion on the final offer from GKN Fokker Do you have questions or comments? Please contact the representative Hans Korver. He can be reached at hans.korver@unie.nl and on 06-5252 2073 2025 De Unie | 0345 851 851 | info@unie.nl | Multatulilaan 12, 4103 NM Culemborg | Privacy An investigation into the source of threats against specific police officers posted in a Telegram chat group led to the arrest of a 23-year-old man from Papendrecht The man is suspected of using the app to share photos of the two Rotterdam officers with a message promising money in exchange for personal information about them Sharing a photo of an officer and seeking out their identity or address is not illegal a spokesperson for the Public Prosecutor's Office told the broadcaster That changes when an actual threat is included with the posting It was not revealed when the man was arrested The suspect was released from custody while the case remains under investigation It has not been decided if the case is strong enough to be prosecuted RTL Nieuws also found other chat messages offering hundreds of euros in exchange for the private information of various police officers Dutch intelligence service AIVD called on politicians to restrict encryption use in the app as much as possible The intelligence agency said it wants to be able to spy on communication in the app to gather information and prevent major crimes from taking place De controle op 19 november gebeurde in de richting van Breda en had als doel om de export van drugs richting landen als België en Frankrijk tegen te gaan De politie kwam maandag met het nieuws naar buiten Dat laatste gold ook voor een 36-jarige man uit het Brabantse Laarbeek Hij had ruim 20 duizend euro bij zich én moest nog een gevangenisstraf van bijna 900 dagen uitzitten Na een kort bezoekje aan het ziekenhuis is de man aangehouden Niet alleen vanwege het veroorzaken van de crash maar ook omdat hij enkele kilo’s harddrugs en versnijdingsmiddelen op zak had Andere weggebruikers kregen tijdens de controle boetes voor het rijden zonder rijbewijs of gordel en het negeren van een rood kruis De Unie - News - GKN Fokker: We're not done yet the package of schemes proposed by the company does not yet offer sufficient compensation for the closure of Helmond and Hoogerheide and the move to Papendrecht We have now spoken twice with the management and the next meeting will be held on 12 April Want to stay informed of developments at Fokker? Then register for free! We thank you for your input at the online members' meeting of March 24 2022 and via the emails you sent De Unie have sent That helps us in negotiations with your employer You also request compensation for the extra travel time and travel costs The employer thinks it is perfectly normal that you come along to Papendrecht on the fly And she wants to arrange things temporarily for that We believe that things are going too fast and that arrangements should be structural in nature You seem to be approached by some managers to talk about conditions for coming to Papendrecht We advise you to leave that to us at this stage of the negotiations We negotiate with your employer on your behalf to arrive at a solid package of arrangements You should not be the victims of the proposed move but the company still has major steps to take Do you have any questions about this message? Please contact the representative Hans Korver. This can be done by sending an email to: hans.korver@unie.nl  2025 De Unie | 0345 851 851 | info@unie.nl | Multatulilaan 12, 4103 NM Culemborg | Privacy DORDRECHT – Koningsdag in Dordrecht is rustig verlopen Op Instagram noemt de Dordtse politie de sfeer ‘gemoedelijk’ Zo werden in totaal drie personen aangehouden wegens verstoring van de openbare orde Ook werd iemand mishandeld: deze persoon werd nagekeken door ambulancepersoneel Op de Groenmarkt was er een opstootje: dit leidde tot een aanhouding Iets na 9 uur ’s avonds was er een conflict op het Bagijnhof waarbij de politie de zaak moest sussen Door Manon van KoppenHet aantal inbraken in onze regio nam vorig jaar toe ten opzichte van het jaar ervoor In totaal steeg het aantal inbraken in het gebied met ongeveer 2,5 procent In Papendrecht was er echter sprake van een daling In dit artikel zetten wij de opvallendste details voor je op een rij Woninginbraken zijn niet voor niets een zogenoemde ‘high impact crime’ Volgens het Centrum voor Criminaliteitspreventie en Veiligheid (CVV) kan een inbraak een enorme impact hebben op slachtoffers En niet alleen voor de bewoners van het huis waar wordt ingebroken Voor slachtoffers heeft een inbraak vaak langdurige gevolgen Het kwijtraken van persoonlijke spullen maakt vaak veel emoties los een vreemdeling aan jouw spullen heeft gezeten Dit soort delicten kunnen op termijn zelfs het veiligheidsgevoel in de maatschappij aantasten Meest aantrekkelijk voor inbrekersDat in onze regio de inbraakcijfers toenemen In totaal neemt het aantal inbraken in Nederland al jarenlang af Hoe het komt dat het in onze regio juist toeneemt In onze regio waren de meeste inbraken in de gemeente Rotterdam 963 keer wist een inbreker een woning binnen te dringen Het aantal inbraken in Rotterdam nam af met maar liefst 24 procent Wel blijft Rotterdam de tweede stad van Nederland als het gaat om het aantal inbraken Relatief was in 2024 de gemeente Nissewaard het meest aantrekkelijk voor inbraakcriminelen Hier werd bij meer dan 17 op de 5 duizend woningen ingebroken Ter vergelijking: in de gemeente Rotterdam was dit bij 15 op de 5 duizend woningen Sliedrecht meest bestand tegen inbraakInwoners van Sliedrecht hoefden het minst te vrezen voor een inbraak Daar was het ‘slechts’ bij minder dan 7 op de 5 duizend woningen raak In absolute getallen nam het aantal ook af van 22 inbraken in 2023 naar 15 in 2024 Papendrecht toont ook dalingOok in Papendrecht daalde het aantal inbraken vorig jaar werd er 20 maal ingebroken: een daling van 33 procent In 2024 ging het in Papendrecht om 6,9 inbraken per vijfduizend woningen Grootste stijgerDe grootste toename van het aantal inbraken was in de gemeente Alblasserdam Daar waren in 2023 slechts 5 inbraken geteld door de politie Dit is een verviervoudiging van het aantal Inbraken voorkomenDe politie geeft verschillende tips om een inbraak te voorkomen Zo is het raadzaam om altijd alle ramen en deuren dicht te doen Ook zou het gebruik van buitenverlichting inbrekers moeten afschrikken En verder tipt de politie om waardevolle spullen niet in het zicht te leggen Volg ons ook op ons WhatsApp kanaal: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaoRvYF6rsQtr0tBRu3u