Belgium
Prison guards in Antwerp resumed strike action last week in protest over staffing levels and overcrowding. They had been providing a minimum service but decided to move to strike action at the weekend with a return to minimum service on Monday. Other prisons in Belgium were hit by strike action earlier this year over staffing levels and overcrowding.
Read more at > the VRT news service
And at > Le Soir newspaper
The EIRO industrial relations observatory reports that the border guards' dispute was resolved with a pay offer worth 6.1% over two years. However, as part of the deal guards will be covered by a new pay structure based more on individual workloads and performance. Read more at > EIRO
Further to our first notice call for a Seminar of European level Border Guards organised by Finnish affiliate Pardia and the Union of Finnish Border Guards in cooperation with EPSU
State employees' union ROTAL organised a picket at government buildings this month in protest at the treatment of border guards and particularly at low levels of pay in comparison to the highest paid workers in the service. Read more at > EPSU
