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Civil servants to strike, DUO and Tax Administration less accessible

Civil servants to strike, DUO and Tax Administration less accessible

National civil servants across the Netherlands are staging a 24-hour strike this Tuesday to protest the lack of a pay raise this year. The industrial action is expected to make services such as DUO and the Tax Authority less accessible to the public.

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