Political vacuum, employer concerns and union mobilization: while Belgium has been without a full government since June 2023, leaders of the economic sector now fear a recession and are calling for urgent reforms against which the union organizations have decided to mobilize by decreeing a strike for this Monday, January 13. The country’s three major unions (Christian, socialist and liberal) will demonstrate in Brussels to protest, in particular, against the pension reform mentioned by the five parties who are still trying to agree on a government program.
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Monday’s movement will mainly concern transport. Only one in three trains should run, according to SNCB, but all convoys usually scheduled during rush hour will be at a standstill. Legally forced to provide a minimum service, the company communicated an alternative plan on Saturday January 11. The airline sector will also be affected, with the planned cancellation of half of Brussels Airlines flights due to a work stoppage by baggage handlers. Postal services, waste collection and prisons, as well as the education sector – in Flanders only – were also expected to be disrupted.
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