Belgium’s three major union confederations mobilised for a nationwide strike and day of action amid a cost-of-living crisis. They demanded measures to reduce energy bills, protect purchasing power and permit wage increases beyond the legally constrained wage norm. The socialist union FGTB/ABVV argued that record corporate profits contrasted with workers’ inability to negotiate pay. The action linked inflation and energy policy to collective bargaining and distribution of economic costs.
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What wage demand did unions make during the 2022 cost-of-living action?
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Unions demanded wage bargaining beyond the 1996 law’s wage norm.