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World Health Day 2024:‘Health before profits!’ campaign mobilises for World Health Day 2024-04-07 [EPSU]

EPSU hosts ‘Health before profits!’ conference at European Parliament 2024-04-08 [EPSU]

Disruption to public transport in Brussels 2024-03-12 [VRT]

Saint-Gobain Eupen workers still uncertain about future 2024-03-07 [IndustriALL]

Strike at Brussels Airport 2024-02-26 [BT]

Vigil to commemorate 100 journalists killed in the Gaza war 2024-01-31 [IFJ]

Belgian presidency must embrace spirit of Delors and deliver platform directive 2024-01-11 [ETUC]

CSCBIE congress focuses on advancing sustainably 2023-12-13 [BWI]

Candlelight vigil in solidarity with journalists in Gaza 2023-11-22 [IFJ]

EPSU is looking for for a secretary / administrative assistant For more info 2023-11-21 [EPSU]

Transport workers boycott Israeli arms shipments 2023-11-02 [The Morning Star]

Belgium unions refuse handling arms shipments for Israeli-Hamas conflict 2023-11-01 [Reuters]

Strike could shut down Belgian airspace 2023-10-04 [BT]

Delhaize staff union rejects 'bonus' proposals by management 2023-09-28 [The Times]

Strike will affect this Belgian airport 2023-07-27 [Mayor]

New job: Finance Coordinator (ETUCE) 2023-06-28 [Education International]

Belgium ratifies ILO Convention NO. 190 2023-06-22 [BWI]

Unions demonstrate in Brussels to demand better worker protection 2023-05-23 [CP24]

Draft bill puts 'right to freedom of opinion in danger', says Belgian union leader 2023-05-16 [The Times]

CG-FGTB vows to fight for more freedom, equality and democracy 2023-04-01 [BWI]

Social unrest spreads from Delhaize to Aldi 2023-03-30 [The Times]

Unions submit strike notice for Belgium's entire retail sector 2023-03-26 [The Times]

workers push back against Delhaize franchising its supermarkets 2023-03-24 [UNI Global Union]

'This blockade is a warning': Delhaize e-commerce depot blocked by strike action 2023-03-19 [The Times]

New job: Head of Press and Communications 2023-02-22 [ETUC]

Workers in Belgium take action over cost-of-living crisis 2022-12-17 [EPSU]

Arrests in Qatar corruption probe 2022-12-10 [EURACTIV]

Unionized rail workers stage nationwide strike 2022-11-29 [Xinhua]

Social service workers denounce an overload of work and a lack of staff 2022-11-16 [EPSU]

Cost-of-living strike hits traffic, businesses in Belgium 2022-11-11 [Al Jazeera]

General strike over inflation 2022-11-09 [UNI]

BSCA Security refuses to discuss with the unions; strike at Charleroi airport continues 2022-10-18 [Aviation 24]

Protests to maintain purchasing power in Belgium: It’s time to protect the citizens 2022-09-24 [CESI]

Cement workers end strike, secure travel allowance increase 2022-09-14 [BWI]

Conciliation failed at Sagrex-Heidelbergcement 2022-09-08 [ICM]

Conciliation failed at Sagrex-Heidelbergcement 2022-09-06 [BWI]

New job: Administrative Assistant in the Events, IT, and Administration Unit 2022-09-06 [Education International]

EU court says Ryanair cannot impose Irish law on foreign crews 2017-09-14 [RTÉ]

Labour investigation into Ryanair staff employment 2018-05-27 [RTÉ]

Everything is going up, except freelance rates 2022-08-08 [EFJ]

Unions to toughen social actions at skeyes, yet with “relatively small disturbances” for air traffic 2019-03-19 [Aviation 24]

‘Right to disconnect': boss may no longer call employees after hours 2022-01-05 [BT]

Brussels police have been ‘poisoned for years' 2019-07-08 [The Times]

“Hands off our pensions”, say education unions 2018-02-12 [Education International]

Teaching should no longer be “despised” 2022-02-11 [EI]

Brussels Airlines strike: ‘No intention to punish passengers' 2021-08-23 [Cheraw Chronicle]

Unions and football association agree to a platform to monitor Qatar's migrant workers 2021-06-10 [BWI]

Construction unions decry employers' disregard of COVID-19 measures 2020-04-15 [BWI]

Unions and football association agree to a platform to monitor Qatar's migrant workers 2021-06-09 [BWI]

Baggage handlers' strike grounds flights at Brussels Airport 2018-10-30 [The Times]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-04-1903 The Belgian Federation of Trade Union Metallurgists is formed with 7.128 members in 3 regional federations, Brussels (1.280), Center (1.400) and Charleroi (1.200). Its bilingual journal is compulsory for all affiliates. [more]

2-04-1911 In the Liège region, the establishment, following a strike, of the 9.5 hour day in printing works. [more]

5-04-1885 59 workers 'associations founded the Belgian Workers' Party (POB). Universal suffrage, compulsory education, separation of Church and State are the strengths of its program. [more]

15-04-1902 The general strike immobilizes the Borinage, the Centre and Charleroi. Having suffered several setbacks, workers demand wage increases. [more]

16-04-1913 the parliament of Belgium meets against the backdrop of a huge general strike for universal suffrage [more]

17-04-1886 Establishment of a Labour Commission to resolve conflicts through mediation. [more]

18-04-1902 6 workers killed and 14 injured during the general strike before this date. Two of the dead were shot five times in the head. On this day in Leuven, a bourgeois militia shoots at a workers' demonstration killing 8 people. [more]

20-04-1902 The General Council of the Belgian Workers' Party votes to resume work ending the general strike in progress since the 14th. The disappointment in the ranks is immense. [more]