“It is a declaration of war”: a general strike announced by the FGTB to contest the government agreement

The FGTB will take a general strike to challenge the measures announced by the new federal government, she decided Tuesday during its federal committee.
The FGTB will take a general strike to challenge the measures announced by the new federal government, she decided Tuesday during its federal committee. However, no date has yet been set for this action.
The Socialist Syndicate describes the government agreement of “Declaration of war” Against the whole world of work, despite the maintenance of automatic wage indexing and the tax on capital gains. “He remains undrinkable”tonne the FGTB. “And the submerged part of the iceberg, which will be partly revealed by budgetary tables, risks hurting a lot.”
The union organization regrets that the government “Remove any margin of discussion” To the social partners on the eve of negotiations of the Interprofessional Agreement (AIP), on flexibility, working time or career ends.
It more generally evokes breaking points with the values of the FGTB, elsewhere than in the socio-economic field. “We are faced with an anti-migrant, anti-female, anti-cork, anti-funional, anti-social … antisocial” government.denounces the union.
The FGTB announces that the general strike will constitute “The start of a resistance marathon” which will last the whole legislature. With this type of action, it specifies that it wants to expand the front of mobilization and dispute to civil society “by all possible means”.
A national demonstration, already announced, will take place on February 13 in Brussels. It will be a “First meeting with Arizona”warns the FGTB.