National demonstration and strike renew opposition to federal social reforms

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...

Thousands marched in Brussels against austerity measures affecting education and young people. Education International reported estimates of 6,500 to 8,000. The action formed part of a wider union and...

Dozens of students gathered at Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s Etterbeek campus in an action initiated by students after proposals for higher-education cuts emerged. Participants questioned the effects...

On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Platform 2103 and allied groups called actions in Brussels, Ghent, Liège, Hasselt and Antwerp. Organisers challenged racialised...

A congress convened parliamentarians, legal experts and movement supporters in Brussels while the Global Sumud Flotilla sailed toward Gaza. The event promoted coordinated action on arms transfers,...

The FGTB, CSC and CGSLB called a national demonstration in Brussels amid energy-price increases and renewed pressure on automatic wage indexation. The unions argued that pension reforms risked further...

The FGTB and CSC, joined by social, cultural and community organisations, demonstrated against Walloon and French-speaking Community policies that shifted budget cuts onto workers and people receiving...

Rise for Climate, Mars Attacks and Agora des Habitants de la Terre convened a rally for social and environmental rights. Around 100 activists and civil-society participants called for action on linked...