Media item

Protest strike of civil servants

Week number 73-07

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
00:57
Publication date:
1 February 1973
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER730-HRE000152A1

Demonstration in The Hague of 40.000 civil servants against the increase of the pension contributions by Minister Molly Geertsema from 10% to 12%. The protesters gather at the Binnenhof, where the decision is discussed at that moment in the House of Representatives. The government wants the use the raise to cover the budget deficit.