Despite the significant disruption the nationwide public transport strike is causing on Wednesday, a small majority of the Dutch population supports it. 55 percent of Dutch people stand behind the strikers, according to an RTL Nieuws survey of its news panel.

Several thousand workers laid down their work in public transport today, the trade union FNV said. The trade unions organized a national strike against the Cabinet’s plans to cut certain social security budgets. The figure is an initial estimate from the Netherlands’ largest trade union. Other unions, including CNV, are also participating.