Non-profit and care workers demand investment, staffing and decent conditions

The World Women’s March Belgium organised a national march on International Women’s Rights Day. Police counted 10,000 participants. Organisers connected the rollback of rights with austerity,...

Platform 21/03 and allied organisations, unions and activists mobilised in Brussels against racism, discrimination and the normalisation of far-right politics. Police estimated around 2,000...

A nationwide general strike opposed the federal government’s plans and the direction of its labour and welfare reforms. Pickets, reduced public transport, shop closures and actions at hospitals and...

A coalition of housing and anti-poverty organisations concluded a week of actions with a national demonstration in Brussels. The movement called for a major increase in social housing, an end to...

Around 60 civil-society organisations called a national march for a ceasefire and justice in Palestine on the 77th anniversary of the Nakba. Police estimated 20,000 participants; organisers...

A broad union-front demonstration in Brussels called for secure, fairly paid work, social security and accessible public services, and rejected social regression. The FGTB explicitly invited...

The Climate Coalition brought together over 100 groups, unions and NGOs for a Brussels march. Police estimated around 20,000 participants and organisers around 30,000. The coalition asked...

Belgium’s major unions called a national strike and demonstration against proposed pension, labour-market and public-spending reforms. The action paralysed much air travel and disrupted public...

The Mirabal platform, a coalition of around a hundred organisations, called a national Brussels march against gender-based violence. Organisers and union partners connected physical and sexual...

The general strike followed transport action on 24 November and public-service strikes on 25 November. The three-day escalation disrupted transport, airports, schools, hospitals, culture and private...