Belgium
Last November unions signed an agreement with the government of the Wallonia region of Belgium that would fund new jobs and better conditions in the non-profit sector covering health and social services. However, employers in the sector have rejected the agreement and now the trade unions (SETCa, CG, CNE, CSC Bâtiment, CGSLB, CASH) have announced plans for strike action beginning on 22 February with a demonstration organised for 23 February.
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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
The Fp Cgil, Cisl Fp and Uil Fpl public service federations have declared a day of strike action and protests on 31 January in their continuing campaign to secure a bridging agreement with the ARIS non-profit health employers’ association. ARIS has rejected the proposal that aims to provide a basis for negotiations to start that would lead to a collective agreement that covers both the ARIS and AIOP private health employer organisations. The unions are determined to secure improvements to pay and conditions for workers who haven’t had an update to the collective agreement for 11 years. The aim
(18 January 2012) The Brussels region of the Mouvement Ouvrier Chrétien ([MOC->http://www.moc.be/]) addressed the Belgian government austerity measures and their implications. Speakers of ACV-CSC (the union confederation), the women’s and
