Local council unions and employers were in pay talks until 3.30am on Wednesday morning, raising hopes that a deal may be in the offing, Nos tv reports.

According to news agency ANP, the employers have offered a 1% pay rise, a small increase in the annual bonus and jobs guarantee. Tuesday night’s talks were ‘constructive’, a local authority association spokesman said.
‘There is movement. The local authorities’ association has abandoned the pay freeze,’ a spokesman for the CNV local council union told Nos tv.
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The talks are set to resume on Friday.
A pay deal would end the refuse collectors’ strike which has led to mountains of uncollected rubbish building up on the streets of Amsterdam and Utrecht. Rubbish has not been collected in the capital for a week and an estimated million kgs of waste has been dumped on the streets, Nos said.
Local authority workers, including the bin men, have asked for a 2.75% pay rise over two years. The employers had offered a 1% of salary bonus.