Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

SOCIAALECONOMISCHE RAAD

SOCIAAL-ECONOMISCHE RAAD: translation

(SER; SOCIAL-ECONOMIC COUNCIL)
Council founded in 1950 as the most important advisory body for the government. The SER has 45 members, one-third ap pointed by employers, another third by the trade unions, and the rest by the Crown. The Dutch way of making harmonious agreements about labor conditions and dealing with conflicts about wages is called the “polder model.”