Kleine Spoorbond after 9 days of strike: “Land flattened for nothing? You can't say that yet ”
© Jimmy Kets
There will still be nuisance on the track in the coming period, but the nine -day train strike ended on Sunday. How do the activists look back on that much -discussed, long strike?
« The strike was shared much wider on the site than pre -perceived, » says Bram Maes van OvS, one of the two small railway unions that took action. “Many more people have laid the work than just our members. And those were very diverse employees, not just the driving staff. «
Maes is nuanced about the outcome of the strike. “The country laid down and it didn't do anything? You can't say that yet. It is still about government plans, they are not yet chiseled in laws. We hope that the government will take our grievances into account in the coming period. We have given the signal clearly clearly. Now we hope that it will be effective. Jambon (The Minister of Pensions for N-VA, ed.) may say that he is not impressed, the battle is not over yet. «
The two small rail unions are not planning new promotions for the time being. But while their nine -day strike ended, the large rail associations announced their actions: eighteen extra strike days for the next five months. The reason is the same: the pension measures and the savings on the NMBS of the De Wever government. (TRG)
