For the employee participation bodies, 2018 was all about the elections for the works councils and ‘subcommittees’. The turnout was high; over 60% of the employees cast a vote. The members of the employee participation bodies were chosen for the period 2018 to 2021. In 2018, NS together with the employee participation bodies and the trade unions set up informal thematic discussion bodies on eight themes that are important for the future of NS. In these thematic discussion bodies, ideas were collected on such topics as the NS mission and vision, work in the future and finances.