Over 16,000 demonstrators protested in Brussels to call for more measures to shield them from high energy prices and better pay to counter runaway inflation. Because of the protest backed by the three main unions, public services were affected throughout the country, especially rail and subway systems in and around the capital and Brussels international airport. The three trade union confederations are calling for a revision of the salary law that restricts the unions’ scope to negotiate and they want to retain the pay indexation system which is under threat from the employers. Their other demands cover action on energy costs, a shift in taxation to support workers and measures to restrict flexi-jobs.
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