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Strike planned for Monday at TotalEnergies in Antwerp port will not take place 2025-06-16 [The Times]

“We deserve fair pay & good jobs”: European unions launch billboards in Brussels metro for EU procurement reform 2025-06-16 [EFFAT]

Belgium and Ivory Coast ratify ILO “Work in fishing” Convention 2025-06-12 [ETF]

Workers in Belgium join wave of Lidl strikes 2025-06-09 [UNI Global Union]

EPSU joins 30,000 calling for action for Belgium’s non-profit sector 2025-05-25 [EPSU]

Fair-CSOs took to the streets alongside Belgian unions to oppose Arizona cuts 2025-05-23 [EPSU]

Over 15,000 non-profit workers to take to the streets of Brussels on Thursday 2025-05-21 [The Times]

Public sector strike tomorrow: What we know so far 2025-05-19 [The Times]

Belgium's public sector strike on Tuesday 2025-05-18 [BrusselsTime]

NGO workers mobilise against Arizona cuts 2025-05-16 [EPSU]

'Brush the history': Trade unionists clean 'stolpersteine' to honour Liberation Day 2025-05-08 [The Brussels Times]

Trade union leaders mark 80 years of anti-fascist resistance in Brussels 2025-04-16 [Belga News Agency]

In memory of trade union and resistance fighters - Fort Breendonk speech 2025-05-05 [ETUC]

Shipping Halted in Antwerp as Unions Renew Strikes Against Government 2025-05-03 [The Maritime Executive]

Vacancy for a Secretary / Administrative Assistant 2025-05-02 [EPSU]

Belgian unions continue to fight against cost-cutting government programme 2025-05-02 [EPSU]

Liberty Steel Liège bankruptcy: industriAll Europe condemns lack of action to support workers earlier in slow-motion industrial disaster 2025-04-25 [IndustriAll Europe]

EPSU joins Belgian unions on the picket lines 2025-04-04 [EPSU]

20th day of strike action on the railways so far this year 2025-04-08 [VRT]

BNP Paribas Fortis Staff Strike Against Job Transfers 2025-04-04 [The Pinnacle Gazette]

Belgian workers strike against austerity: “Enough is enough!” 2025-04-03 [BWI]

National Strike Paralyzes Belgium Amid Budget Cuts 2025-04-01 [The Pinnacle Gazette]

'Expats are affected too': Non-profit workers join national strike 2025-04-01 [The Times]

Solidarity with general strike in Belgium 2025-04-01 [ETUC]

Flights grounded as Belgium strikes over pension reform 2025-03-31 [24 News]

General strike causes delays in Flemish ports 2025-03-31 [Belga]

Why Belgian Workers Are Striking Today – The Real Cost of the Arizona Coalition’s Austerity Agenda 2025-03-31 [Social Europe]

LIVE General strike day: No flights from Brussels - only one metro running 2025-03-31 [Brussels Times]

'Government hits vulnerable groups': Feminist organisations back general strike 2025-03-31 [Brussels Times]

Employers calculate cost of strike: “Up to half a billion euros” 2025-03-31 [VRT News]

Belgium faces widespread disruptions as general strike protests austerity measures 2025-03-31 [RTL]

Belgium’s biggest unions stage general strike: transport disrupted 2025-03-31 [VRT]

ETF Stands in Full Solidarity with Belgian Workers on General Strike 2025-03-31 [ETF]

Belgian unions demand end to military uniform production in Myanmar 2025-03-27 [IndustriALL]

Railway unions discuss aligning strike actions 2025-03-27 [The Times]

Railway Strikes Set to Disrupt Spring Travel 2025-03-27 [Railway Supply]

General strike on Monday: What we know so far 2025-03-27 [The Times]

ail unions form united front to maximise strike impact 2025-03-27 [Belga]

Number of part-time workers in Belgium has tripled in 40 years 2025-03-27 [The Times]

Panel discussion on Media coverage of women in politics and its impact on democracy 2025-03-25 [IFJ]

Metisp-Protect Union Stages Week-long Strike Against Pension Reforms 2025-03-24 [The Pinnacle Gazette]

Country Faces Week-Long Rail Strike Disrupting Services 2025-03-22 [The Pinnacle Gazette]

Education Social Partners Advance Dialogue on Psychosocial Risks at Brussels Training Seminar 2025-03-21 [ETUCE]

EFBWW and FIEC visit Oosterweel site with EVP for Social Rights and Quality Jobs, Roxana Mînzatu 2025-03-17 [EFBWW]

ETF stands in Solidarity with Belgian Railway Workers Fighting for Fair Pensions 2025-03-17 [ETF]

When Belgian University Cleaners Swept Out Their Boss 2025-03-16 [Jacobin]

Solidarity to Belgian unions fighting hard right govt’s attacks on workers 2025-02-15 [BWI]

“20 Days in Mariupol” – Charity Screening in Brussels on 25 February 2025-02-14 [EFJ]

Bpost Workers Strike Across Wallonia Against Reorganization Plans 2025-02-11 [The Pinnacle Gazette]

'People feel cheated': Thursday's national strike to cause major disruption 2025-02-11 [The Times]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

2-06-1936 A spontaneous strike by dockers in Antwerp ignited a general strike which lasts 3 weeks. 500,000 workers joined the walkout: miners, steelworkers, transport, public services and private companies. [more]

19-06-1932 10,000 miners from Wasmes and Hornu went on strike at the employers' announcement of a 5% cut in wages. The Levant's coal bosses announced the dismissal of 484 miners. [more]

20-06-1870 In Verviers, at the end of a demonstration against "the blood tax", when a worker named Gillis shouts to the soldiers "Be gentle to the people! " he is shot dead by a soldier who is promoted to corporal. [more]

27-06-1932 The government cuts unemployment benefits, particularly targeting married women. Committees of unemployed are created all over the country to organize a response. [more]