Last time I saw people saying that they found out quite late about the last national strike and couldn't organise proper child care.

Posting in case anyone needs to arrange anything for the next one.

Railways also on strike : 15, 22 et 29 April.

https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/societe/2025/03/31/direct-greve-nationale-routes-transports-en-commun-de-grosses-perturbations-annoncees-voici-ce-quil-faut-savoir-ZOJXLSKTJJE5JC22VBJZLM53GQ/

by No_Leather192

11 comments

  1. the next one is 8 april.

    [https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/03/27/5-van-de-6-spoorbonden-vormen-nieuw-vakbondsfront/](https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/03/27/5-van-de-6-spoorbonden-vormen-nieuw-vakbondsfront/)

    also important: strikes start 22u00 the day before so in this case 7 april 22u00. Don’t take any trains that go beyond this hour (even if they start before 22H00). So, for example, don’t take a train that leaves at 21U30 and arrives at 22U30. Odds are it will terminate wherever it is at 22h00.

    Strikes after 8 april might be cancelled if government is willing to negotiate. so they are to blame for any strikes after that.

  2. So the first day that I am back from holiday its already a strike…

  3. They could find proper child Care but have to play +100€/child! That is non refundable…

  4. If strikers think the government is responsible for whatever they’re striking for, go to the Wetstraat 16 and go bother them please.

    You’re bullying an entire country, who can do nothing about your situation.

    And yes, striking is a right, and it’s a good thing we have it, and without protests we wouldn’t be having what we are having now.
    But I can not do anything about your situation.
    At this point it’s just harassment of your fellow citizens instead of a protest against a government decision.

  5. I get the reason people are upset.

    I do get that working longer hours, more shifts and earning less, isnt something anybody wants to do.

    However, do strikes at this environment of gov really work?
    I get the impression that BDW/NVA doesnt gives a f*ck about these strikes.
    They’ll use these strikes to further downplay the importance of a labor union/vakbond.

    He wants a ‘reagan’ move: privatise public transport, privatise almost everything but keep the taxes high. So he can ‘fill the debt gap’.

  6. Just do a protest for once in the weekend.
    Normally this should mean more people would be able to show up if they support the cause.

  7. Maybe at some point they’ll realize that we’re in the situation we’re currently in because of previous governments that let things go the way they are now, and not this one that didnt have the chance to prove itself yet.

    Or maybe it’s too much to ask.

  8. As a lifelong leftist foreigner living in Belgium: this country is slowly turning me into a turbo anarcho-capitalist. I have two kids at school and this is just a fucking nightmare.
    Seen with an outsider perspective, there’s a lot that can be improved in Belgium, but you definitely don’t need more welfare 😂

  9. There will be rallway strikes every tuesday in April, and possibly every tuesday in May.
    Each striking day the focus will be on another region, so the impact will be different every time

    So:
    8/4
    15/4
    22/4
    29/4
    6/5
    13/5
    20/5
    27/5

    Source: I have to work every Sunday in April and May to help prepare the minimal service (minimale dienstverlening).

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