Belgium - Protests produce results in non-profit sector - June 21, 2010
The SETCA services union reports that the regional government of Wallonia has agreed to allocate an additional Euro 4.5 million to the non-profit sector in response to demands from the trade unions. The sector includes a range of health and social services and the extra cash will cover a harmonisation of pay structures across the sectors, proper application of elements of the 2007-2009 agreement and a range of measures on employment. The union sees this as a first step to meeting its collective bargaining demands and believes that union action, including a national demonstration on 8 June, was important in achieving this. Yet, the negotiations for a federal (countrywide) agreement are still dragging, on the employers’ side obviously hampered by the formation of a new government (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 3 April and May 2010).
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/369
French: http://www.setca.org/News/Pages/communiquedepresse10062010region …
Dutch: http://www.aclvb.be/publicaties/nieuws/nieuwsitem/detail/nationale-betoging …
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