Municipal unions submit their negotiating demands to the employers

The Frente Comum of public service unions, including local government union STAL, has set out its list of key demands for negotiations in 2016. Central to the unions' claim is restoration of the pay and conditions that have been cut or frozen since austerity measures were implemented in 2011. In terms of pay this is not just about restoring pay levels but also re-establishing other pay rights such as overtime rights. And one of the main demands is the revocation of the law requiring public sector workers to increase their working week to 40 hours without any compensating pay increase. Public

The unions that organise around 50,000 workers in the non-profit sector in Wallonia and the French community have submitted (CNE- CG- CSC/BI – FGTB/HORVAL- SETCa) have submitted a number of demands to employers covering pay and employment conditions. The unions point out that their members deliver a range of vital health and social services, demand for which is increasing as a result of the current crisis. Among the main demands are harmonisation of pay with health workers at federal level, granting of a 13th month salary and extra leave. The unions also want money allocated to employment