Monthly action over staff shortages

Belgium

The LBC-NVK public service union is organising monthly strike action at the social care organisation Broeders van Liefde. The staffing shortage in the organisation is so bad that some workers are doing more than 300 hours of overtime a year. The union says that an additional 500 jobs were promised in 2009 but nothing has come of that commitment. The monthly actions will continue until there is an adequate response from the employers and other protest activities will also be organised.
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