The SLFP-Defense will represent the military, deprived of the right to strike, at the pension demonstration on Monday in Brussels. They denounce salary losses and career extensions, criticizing ineffective management of investments in Defense.
A delegation from the Free Civil Service Union (SLFP) will represent Defense at the pensions demonstration scheduled for Monday, the SLFP-Defense manager in charge of negotiations said on Sunday. The initiative is relatively exceptional, as the military does not have the right to strike.
A day of action to defend the conditions of access to the pension will be held on Monday, as well as a demonstration in Brussels. Defense, which the Arizona coalition (N-VA, MR, Engagés, Vooruit and CD&V) intends to revalorize, will be represented in the capital. “There would be a consensus (between the parties of the future government, Editor’s note) to increase the Defense budget”but the military will also be “victims of Bart De Wever’s socio-economic ‘supernote'”points out Boris Morenville, SLFP-Defense leader responsible for negotiations.
For the trade unionist, the next executive is on the wrong track by separating files: “If we put a lot of money into new F-35s, new ships… but there is no one to pilot them, that’s called wasting public funds. It’s bad management “he explains.
With the new conditions of access to the pension, “the staff will ultimately lose between 300 and 800 euros (per month, Editor’s note), in addition to working 11 more years. It’s not a win-win, it’s a lose-lose”underlines Mr. Morenville.
Added to this is an aging military population. “There are no young people joining the army”he notes. “We ask to maintain the current conditions.”
The union, however, appears open to discussion. “We are of course ready to explain all this”he specifies, addressing the negotiators of the different parties of the next majority.
Military participation in a national demonstration is rather rare. “We are the only Belgian citizens for whom strike action is prohibited by law”recalls Boris Morenville. The last demonstration by the military dates back to November 15, 2016, when some 8,000 members of Defense protested against the decision of the Michel (MR) government to extend the retirement age and to count a minimum number of years of service to achieve this. benefit.
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