Around 3,000 public-sector workers are expected to protest against planned social security cuts in The Hague on Tuesday, September 8.
Trade unions FNV and CNV said thousands of people registered for the demonstration.
The participants include municipal workers, central government employees, university staff, teachers and researchers.
Workers will gather at Koekamp in The Hague. The main programme starts at 11:30 a.m.
Leaders from FNV, CNV and VCP are expected to address the demonstrators.
At 1:15 p.m., protesters will march past the ministries of Finance and Social Affairs and Employment.
The demonstrators plan to deliver their own alternative budget proposals to the Finance Ministry.
A golden coach will join the procession. It refers to the ceremonial coach associated with Prinsjesdag, when the Dutch government presents its annual plans and budget.
The unions oppose proposed changes to unemployment, disability and leave benefits.
Plans include reducing the maximum duration of WW unemployment benefits and WIA disability benefits from two years to one year.
The Cabinet also wants to change how workers build up unemployment rights and lower the maximum daily wage used to calculate several benefits.
This could reduce payments for unemployment, disability, maternity leave, additional birth leave and paid parental leave.
The government has withdrawn or delayed parts of the original package. However, the unions want all the proposed cuts removed.
Workers from the government cleaning service RSO are also taking industrial action.
RSO employees who clean government ministries plan to strike for the rest of this week and next Monday. Cleaning staff at prisons and asylum centres are not participating.
Employees from The Hague’s street-cleaning service are staging a work stoppage on Tuesday. The municipality expects waste collection and public-space cleaning to continue as planned.
Around 150 ABN Amro employees are also striking. The bank said it did not expect customer services to face disruption.
The protest forms part of a wider campaign against the government’s social security plans.
A nationwide public transport strike planned for Wednesday, September 9, is expected to stop most train services across the Netherlands.
