Belgium
Over 16,000 workers joined the national demonstration on 9 June calling for new, long-term agreements in the non-profit sector, covering a range of health and social services. The unions are looking to negotiate deals at national, regional and community level and emphasise the need to improve employment conditions in order to make it a more attractive sector in which to work and so increase recruitment.
Read more at > SETCA (FR)
And in Dutch at > BBTK
Unions organising workers in the non-profit sector are planning demonstrations in Brussels, Liege and Charleroi in protest at the fact that the neither the French community government nor the Wallonia regional government have budgeted for pay increases. The non-profit sector covers a range of health and social services including childcare and housing. Unions have put forward a range of key demands some of which they have been pursuing for several years. Among other things they want the difficulty of their professions recognised and salaries brought in line with those in the health sector at
(November 2016) A common front of trade unions in the non-profit sector organised a national demonstration on 24 November in opposition to continuing austerity and in support of new collective agreements. The sector, with over 525000 workers, covers a broad range of health, social and cultural services. The trade unions are calling for more jobs, a real pay increase and other measures to ensure qualiity employment and quality services, particularly to improve work-life balance, particularly for workers coming up to retirement.
Trade unions in the non-profit sector, including in particular health and social services, have organised a demonstration in Brussels for 19 June. The key demands include no more austerity for the sector, support for quality employment, an end to commercialisation of services and investment in the sector as a contribution to economic recovery. [Read more at > CNE (FR)->http://www.cne-gnc.be/index.php?m=145&n=2897] [And at > BBTK/SETCA (NL)->http://www.bbtk.org/nieuws/Pages/15014-ABVV_SP_Actie_19_mei-A4-affiche.pdf] [And at > lbc-nvk (NL)->https://lbc-nvk.acv-online.be/lbc-nvk/Ik-werk/Non