Rail unions form a common front so that coming strike actions have « more impact » – also nuisance on Friday and Saturday due to a rail strike
Five of the six trade unions at the Spoor unite in a new trade union front, they announced on Thursday in a joint announcement. They want to coordinate their strike actions with each other in the coming months, so that they will probably also have a greater impact on train traffic.
This is ACOD Spoor, ACV Transcom, VSOA Spoor, OVS and ASTB. On Wednesday, it was announced that better cooperation between those unions was in the making to better coordinate the many different action days they had announced.
Now the collaboration for a « well thought out, coordinated and structured action plan » is so settled. In concrete terms, VSOA Spoor, OVS and ASTB let their own action plans sail and join the agenda of the largest trade unions ACOD Spoor and ACV Transcom. They already keep From 8 April a 24 -hour strike every Tuesday of April (8, 15, 22 and 29 April).
“Gradually expand”
According to Pierre Lejeune The chairman of the socialist trade union ACOD Spoor, the actions will be « strengthened and gradually extensive » in May. « The modalities of this will be determined in the coming days. »
A sixth small trade union, Metisp-Protect, has not joined the new front. It currently has a strike week.
The strike week of Metisp Protect is still followed by a strike day on Monday 31 March, following a general strike throughout the country. ACOD Spoor, ACV Transcom and VSOA Spoor have submitted a notice.
Also Friday and Saturday nuisance: NMBS adjusts timetable
The inconvenience on the track due to the multi-day strike of the small trade union Metispprotect remains felt on Friday and Saturday, although more trains run on Saturday than a week. The NMBS railway company announced this on Thursday.
Based on the staff who has indicated that they will work, NMBS and rail network manager Infrabel have again worked out an alternative train service. Travelers can always see which trains will run the day before their journey in the route planner.
In concrete Friday Seven out of ten IC trains, two out of three L and Opstadelijk S-trains and one on the four peaky trains. Saturday Eight in ten IC trains and seven in ten L and sub-city S-trains will run.
The trade unions protest against plans from the federal government, such as an increase in retirement age, more flexibility for the railway employees, savings at the railway and a reform of HR Rail, the legal employer of the rail staff.
