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How do different age groups in Belgium view trade unions? [infographic, NL]

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[De Standaard] De Crem: 'CD&V should cut ties with 'standenorganisaties''

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[Nieuwsblad][Dutch] Total will pay employees up to 1800 euro to come work on the national strike on the 13th of February

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[Knack][Dutch]N-VA: 'No central wage negotiation anymore in our confederal model'

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[VRT][Dutch] Unions stop wage negotiations, national strike to take place on 13th of February

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Where are the sources of employee-power in times of e-commerce and Christmas-shopping? [NL, opinion]

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[De Tijd] ACOD Rail big victors of the first social elections at the Belgian railways

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Unions threathen action after 'undigestable' proposal from Homans

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[VRT][Dutch]Why you could feel the impact of the first social elections at the rail companies

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[Dutch][Paywall]Pensionreform: the government can't hide themselves anymore

[Dutch] Unions and Employers unable to agree about 'hard labor'

Wie komt op straat bij vakbondsbetogingen?

Social Dialogue: vital for a just transition

De lasten en de lusten van de tax shift

Longread/interview Luc Cortenbeeck (ACV/ILO): "If they ignore unions, extreme-left will win"

European Court: employers can read the private messages, emails, etc. of employees [NL]

Marc Hooghe (KUL) on the NMBS-strikes: "Galant came, saw and won"

"More consensus, less conflict - experts on new mechanisms for social dialogue" [NL]

Peter Dedecker (N-VA) "Belgian unions think they are above the people, as if they are they only ones who know what is good for them"

Patrick Humblet (UGent): "If social dialogue in the public sector is a farce, don't be surprised that you get a wave of strikes" [NL]

Dries Deweer (KUL) - Do our modern times even need strikes? [NL]

Opinion piece Dave Sinardet (VUB) "The differences faces of social dialogue" [FR]

Sociologist Wolfgang Streeck on the drivers behind the increase in German public sector and services strikes

Traindrivers weigh in on the reasons behind the announced strikes at NMBS January

Precarious and Less Well Paid? Wage Differences between Permanent and Fixed-term Contracts across the EU

Interview Rudy De Leeuw (ABVV): Countries that limit the right to strike are generally the ones struggeling with democratic principles

Visualization: decline in days not worked due to industrial action in the last two decades

Vincent Schiltiens (UA): Above all, unions should not 'think more modern', but avoid legitimizing the current reactionary politicial course [NL]

Pieter Timmermans (VBO): Asking to revise the rules of the right to strike is not some farfetched demand

Jan Buelens (UA): Democracy is the central issue in the debate on the right to strike

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* /r/cyberunion
* /r/labor
* /r/tusc
* /r/Longshoremen

<div class="md"><p>Space for sharing information and news on Belgian social movements, protest, industrial relations and unions, in a positive atmosphere.</p>

<p>Posts preferably in English, but Dutch/French are OK if no translation is available (please provide a summary).</p>

<p>Ability to submit is initially based on invite, <strong>please send a PM</strong> if you want to be able to do so!</p>

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<li><a href="https://www.acv-online.be/default.html">ACV</a>-<a href="https://www.csc-en-ligne.be/default.html">CSC</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aclvb.be/home/">ACLVB</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.etuc.org/">ETUC</a>, <a href="http://www.etui.org/">ETUI</a>, <a href="http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/">Eurofound</a>.</li>
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<p>See also:</p>

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<li><a href="/r/union">/r/union</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/cyberunion">/r/cyberunion</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/labor">/r/labor</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/tusc">/r/tusc</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Longshoremen">/r/Longshoremen</a></li>
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Sociologist Wolfgang Streeck on the drivers behind the increase in German public sector and services strikes

Traindrivers weigh in on the reasons behind the announced strikes at NMBS January