Belgium -Threat of railway strike -September 29, 2015

The socialist public workers trade union has announced plans to strike early October. The strike call should only be made to rail workers in the capital but because of the nature of the rail network with most services being directed through Brussels disruption could be extensive. The rail workers are protesting against government plans. According to the rail workers section of the union the 'bleeding' of rail workers with life tenure must be avoided at any cost.

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For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.