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OXY Tower construction site on fire in the centre of Brussels [BWI] 17-07-2026


UPS layoffs show why we need limits on abusive subcontracting [ETF] 01-07-2026


Firefighters file indefinite strike notice [The Times] 25-06-2026


/ Europe Tuesday's Brussels public sector strike is part of Europe-wide action [The Times] 23-06-2026


/ Europe Tuesday's Brussels public sector strike is part of Europe-wide action [The Times] 22-06-2026



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Belgium Luca Visentini's Seven Years at the Helm of Europe's Trade Unions For more info 2026-08-04 [The Labour Pulse]

  JOB   Vacancy at the ETF – Administrative Trainee 2026-07-31 [ETF]

  JOB   Application for a traineeship 2026-07-30 [ETUI]

  JOB   Vacancy for a Senior Researcher ‘Just Transition/Foresight’ 2026-07-30 [ETUI]

OXY Tower construction site on fire in the centre of Brussels 2026-07-17 [BWI]

Europe ILO and European Commission Renew Strategic Labour Partnership in Brussels For more info 2026-07-10 [The Labour Pulse]

Daily press in French-speaking Belgium under the control of a monopoly 2026-07-08 [EFJ]

  JOB  Europe Vacancy at the ETF – Communications Manager 2026-07-06 [ETF]

UPS layoffs show why we need limits on abusive subcontracting 2026-07-01 [ETF]

Firefighters file indefinite strike notice 2026-06-25 [The Times]

Europe Tuesday's Brussels public sector strike is part of Europe-wide action 2026-06-23 [The Times]

Europe Tuesday's Brussels public sector strike is part of Europe-wide action 2026-06-22 [The Times]

Belgium is seen as a strike-prone country – but how does it compare with others? 2026-06-17 [The Times]

Budget cuts to state education adopted in a denial of democracy 2026-06-09 [Education International]

Hospital and healthcare social partners visit Leuven hospital with DG EMPL 2026-06-05 [EPSU]

After 130 years Belgian liberal trade union initiates rebranding 2026-05-31 [The Times]

Bpost services disrupted again as workers strike in Wallonia 2026-05-30 [The Times]

‘The mood has changed’: Belgium’s workers strike back 2026-05-13 [The Morning Star]

National strike: Between 40,000 and 75,000 workers protest on streets of Brussels 2026-05-13 [The Times]

Unions take to the streets in Brussels for public services emergency 2026-05-13 [EPSU]

Palestine Shireen Abu Akleh Prize awarded to Palestinian journalist Zareefa Abou Qoura 2026-05-12 [IFJ]

Demonstration: No to pension cuts, yes to taxing wealth 2026-05-11 [UNI]

Everything we know so far about next week's strike in Belgium 2026-05-05 [The Times]

What is May Day, and what is happening in Brussels today? 2026-05-01 [The Times]

Bpost strike: New negotiations to take place amid postal service disruptions 2026-04-20 [The Times]

Bpost talks collapse as unions walk out amid ongoing strike 2026-04-14 [BNA]

Brussels rally fights cuts in Belgium's French-speaking public sector 2026-04-14 [EPSU]

80,000 March in Belgium’s 24 Hour National Strike Against Government Austerity 2026-03-25 [University Observer]

Unions take to the streets against austerity as EPSU joins national protest 2026-03-14 [EPSU]

100,000 Join National Strike Against Austerity 2026-03-14 [Newsclick]

BWI joins affiliates' big demonstration in Brussels 2026-03-13 [BWI]

Pension reform row fuels anger ahead of Brussels union protest 2026-03-12 [BNA]

Trade unions renews criticism against pension reform 2026-03-10 [BrusselsTimes]

Country Braces for 72-Hour Rail Strike Over Pension Clash 2026-02-28 [The Traveller]

Hospitality workers miss out on millions in supplementary pensions 2026-02-24 [The Times]

Brussels Airport warns travellers of near-total shutdown during 12 March general strike 2026-02-23 [Visa HQ]

Brussels Airport poised to halt departures on 12 March amid nationwide strike threat 2026-02-18 [Aviation 24]

Unions win annulment of law criminalising leaks of state secrets to journalists 2026-02-17 [EFJ]

Palestine Belgian arms factory workers strike over IDF attaché’s visit to premises 2026-02-16 [The Times]

EPSU on the streets in solidarity with public service workers 2026-02-15 [EPSU]

Europe Culture sector strikes sweep across Europe as Belgian workers join growing protests 2026-02-12 [Belga]

Trade unions set up roadblocks at entrance routes to Brussels 2026-02-12 [The Times]

Unions continue anti-government protests with action in five provinces 2026-02-10 [Belga]

Council of State blocks unions’ bid for new three-day rail strike 2026-02-06 [Visa HQ]

Walloon public transport still disrupted as strike continues 2026-02-05 [The Times]

Top court rejects appeal for three-day rail strike in February 2026-02-04 [The Times]

Unions fear job losses at airports 2026-02-03 [BT]

Thousands take to the streets to defend public education and young people's future 2026-02-02 [EI]

Sixth day of Wallonia bus-drivers’ strike cripples TEC network across French-speaking Belgium 2026-02-01 [Visa HQ]

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This month in labour history

8-08-1956 A fire in the Bois du Cazier coal mine started at 08:10. Within hours 262 miners from 12 countries were dead. [more]

15-08-1887 Creation of "Industry and Labor Councils" composed equally of worker representatives and employer representatives, with a view to mediating disputes. [more]

15-08-1887 To recover from the general strike lost in June, the Congress of the Workers' Party, meeting in Mons, rejects calls for revolution and votes to strengthen the workers' organization, its resistance funds, to create new unions. [more]

19-08-1872 A large demonstration marches through the central region, 7,000 steelworkers celebrating the obtaining of the 10-hour day, the first achievement of their new union. [more]