Belgian unions find evidence to support their claims in national negotiations

Belgium

A report from the National Economic Council has provided unions with useful data to support their position in forthcoming negotiations over the national agreement for 2007-2008. Company profitability has reached the levels last seen at the end of 1980s and export growth is strong. The union also note that employers are failing to maintain spending on training and research and development, with training expenditure down to 1.02% of the salary bill in 2006 when employers should be raising it to 1.9%.
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