Belgium - Unions organise action in asylum service - November 25, 2010

On 22 November, the CGSP/ACOD and SLFP/VSOA trade unions have organised a 24-hours’ strike at Fedasil, the national body dealing with asylum seekers. The unions say that employees should be transferred to federal civil service status rather than being on fixed-term contracts that guarantee only the minimum civil service pay levels. They want a proper process of social dialogue to deal with the problems facing the service.

English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/390

French: http://www.lesoir.be/actualite/belgique/2010-11-22/greve-de-24-h …

This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2010.