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Belgium's big break? Largest trade union calls for five more vacation days
(www.brusselstimes.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2023
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I'd love this but I don't see it happening right now. There doesn't seem to be any momentum for improving workers lives at this time.
Get active! Agitate! At least actively propose and defend all suggestions towards the betterment of working people. The establishment thrives on passivity.
I do wonder how effective this would be if for example a multinational can simply withdraw from Belgium or even the EU :-( Even if the argument was made that it was more efficient or at least not less efficient than the status quo, a lot of these companies have a very heavy US-biased view on work-life-balance (see for for example the current RTO initiatives as well).
The EU is the biggest single market in the world. Absolutely no multinationals are leaving because of improved worker conditions.
The measures planned for Huntsman include reducing the presence in several European countries. “As too Moving to facilities that reflect the company’s future needs and an intention to move some jobs to new locations note that is HQ (not a plant, ie driven by energy costs). Also note that they reference inflation, but this 'only' impacts this place by means of wage cost. The HQ is being relocated to a place with 'better' conditions (in the EU for now, but mainly Poland).
Soooo, they aren’t leaving lol
Their plan is definitely to leave locations where working conditions are not in their favor. Not so lol for the people losing their jobs, though right? :-(
Yeah, that’s what capitalists have always done. That’s no reason to not fight for better working conditions.