The Council of Trade Union Federations established at the end of the war remained a forum for close cooperation between the NVV, the CNV and the RKWV until 1954, when the Dutch bishops forbade Roman Catholics to join Socialist organizations such as the VARA (broadcasting), the PvdA (political party) and the NVV.
Μέχρι τήν αρχή τής δεκαετίας του '60 δέν ύπήρχοιν ρήγματα στό σύστημα τής κατευθυνόμενης άπό τίς αρχές πολιτικής τών μισθών.