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

Europe / Belgium NGO workers protest Arizona Coalition cuts [Belga] 14-05-2025

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

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

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

Europe / Belgium Trade union leaders mark 80 years since defeat of fascism [EPSU] Image 21-04-2025

France / Belgium UNI stands with striking finance workers at Société Générale and BNP Paribas Fortis [UNI Global Union] 08-04-2025

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

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

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


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

Belgium NGO workers protest Arizona Coalition cuts 2025-05-14 [Belga]

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

Europe 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]

  JOB  Europe 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]

Belgium Trade union leaders mark 80 years since defeat of fascism 2025-04-21 [EPSU]

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

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

Belgium UNI stands with striking finance workers at Société Générale and BNP Paribas Fortis 2025-04-08 [UNI Global Union]

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

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]

Europe 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]

Myanmar 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]

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

Europe 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]

Ukraine “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]

Brussels Airport cancels all departure on Feb 13 due to strike 2025-02-11 [Reuters]

ABVV Declares General Strike Against De Wever Policies 2025-02-05 [The Pinnacle Gazette]

Unions oppose plan that worsens working conditions for teachers 2025-01-30 [Education International]

Protesting Liège teachers urge government to refrain from austerity measures 2025-01-30 [BT]

Save Brussels industry 2025-01-30 [BT]

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This month in labour history


3-05-1382 A la suite de la révolte des habitants de Gand en 1379, le Comte Louis II de Flandre prive Gand d’un accès à la mer. La victoire des Gandois à la Bataille de Beverhoutsveld encourage de nombreuses révoltes paysannes dans la région [more]

6-05-1889 The Assises of Monsthe trial of the victims of the repression of the general strike of 1887 opens. After 3 weeks of hearings, the jurors acquit all 267 accused. [more]

6-05-1902 Louis Franson and Oscar Querut, Socialist deputies, appear at the Charleroi Criminal Court accused of "infringing freedom of work" during the demonstration on April 16. Franson is acquitted, Querut is sentenced to 15 days in prison. [more]

8-05-1962 9 million workers participate in a work stoppage to protest against nuclear arms [more]

10-05-1900 Old Age Pensions Act comes into effect. [more]

10-05-1941 Exactly one year after the German invasion of that country, a group of women walked out of the Cockerill steelworks in Seraing. the movement spread like wildfire throughout Belgium. At the peak of the eight-day-long strike, sixty thousand workers joined in [more]

18-05-1941 The anti-Nazi 'Strike of the 100,000' ended. The Nazis were forced to grant an 8% pay increase, before arresting hundreds of strikers and sending many to the concentration camps. [more]

22-05-1887 The demonstrations of anger continue in La Louvière following the events of the 17th. A sentinel shoots a worker named Bailly and kills him. [more]

24-05-1914 200 quarry workers start a solidarity strike and demand the reinstatement of a comrade dismissed at the Carrière Lenoir in Lessines. [more]

30-05-1887 Striking workers' wives express their anger in Saint-Vaast and Jolimont where the Régiment des Guides charges them, sabers drawn. [more]