Disruption to national rail and public transport in Brussels on 13 January due to strike action
Belgian rail and Brussels public transport network Stib-Mivb are among services facing disruption on 13 January due to a national strike.
Chinese delegation considering Audi site takeover is turned away
A delegation of Chinese officials from Beijing who wanted to visit the Audi Brussels site in Forest on Monday was turned away by management, according to the CNE trade union.
De Lijn to reduce services from January due to staff shortages
Flemish public transport company De Lijn will have to reduce its services in several areas from 6 January 2025, due to a shortage of drivers and rolling stock, its director Ann Schoubs has announced.
Audi protests lead to clash, police intervention
Relations between workers and management following the closure of Audi’s Brussels factory are further deteriorating, as a recent meeting with union representatives ended in police intervention.
Audi Brussels factory set to close in 2025
The Audi factory in Brussels will close at the end of February next year, according to an announcement following an extraordinary works council meeting this week.
Salaries in Belgium: Brussels remains city with highest wages
Brussels remains the Belgian city with the highest wages, according to new figures from the Belgian statistics office Statbel.
Belgian cycling economy worth almost €1 billion a year
As Brussels residents got on their bikes this weekend for the annual Car-Free Sunday, a new study by Belgian research consultancy Transport & Mobility Leuven (TML) has revealed that the Belgian cycling economy is worth almost €1 billion.
Delhaize close to finishing switch to franchise ownership
Supermarket group Ahold Delhaize has already franchised 108 of its 128 supermarkets, and plans to complete the entire switch to a franchise model before the end of the year.
Transport and logistics companies up in arms over Belgium’s Parcels Act
Belgium’s three federations of transport and logistics companies have lodged an appeal with Belgium’s constitutional court against a new law aimed at improving the working conditions of parcel delivery workers – potentially including meal delivery drivers.
Belgium’s workplaces ‘insufficient’ in its inclusion of people with a disability, says study by the King Baudouin Foundation
Access to the job market remains a major challenge for people with disabilities in Belgium, reveals a new study, initiated by the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF).
