We did not expect the trade unions to agree with the summer agreement of the federal government But Frank Moreels, chairman of the Belgian conveyor union, brought up the big guns to comment on the various points of the agreement and its consequences for employees in the transport and logistics sector.
“This is an outright attack on the rights of employees. Especially for employees in the transport and logistics sector, who often work at night and during the weekend. The social protection is eroded, collective negotiations are put aside and the weakest pay the price. Until now, a trade union agreement was needed to be concluded in a company (sector) that could be the same as the Akbaan could be able to do the Akbaan) Congratives Congratives Calciously Congratives Calcated Court of Akd. Income for employees is now being deleted in sectors such as logistics and e-commerce because there are real health risks, but the protection disappears. “
The UBT has also calculated that the new duration of night work (5 hours instead of 10) will cause an income loss of a maximum of 360 euros per month for employees, while the government promised by the government would only come into force in 2029 and, according to calculations of the trade unions, would only amount to 100 euros per month. “The government claims that this only relates to new contracts, but the risk is that those who already work at night will be canceled their contract and that new companies take over without a collective employment contract,” explains Frank Moreels.
More fundamentally, morals is of the opinion that the Summer Agreement undermines the social contract on which our country has been supporting for decades, because the role of the trade unions in social consultations will be strongly reduced. The trade unions must therefore look for the few points of satisfaction in secondary measures, such as the inclusion of temporary unemployment in the calculation of the pension or measures against social dumping.
