The rail strike from 10 to 12 July confirmed

The independent union for railway workers had already announced the filing of a 48-hour strike notice. In the absence of progress in the conciliation meeting, he confirmed the action.

In the absence of agreement in a conciliation meeting, the independent union for railway workers (SIC) confirmed the strike actions from 10 to 12 July. 19659003] The union had already filed a notice that runs from Tuesday, July 10 at 3:00 am to Thursday, 12 at 3:00 am . The motive is a disagreement over the proposals for upgrading the train drivers

The conciliation meeting held Tuesday between the directorates of HR-Rail, SNCB and the Independent Railway Workers Union. In a statement, the latter deplores the lack of agreement. "The SIC asked to postpone the file 'upgrading of the driving staff' scheduled in the agenda of the National Joint Committee on July 11. (…) The representatives of the Belgian Railways refused to give a continuation positive to our request to postpone the file The Independent Railway Workers' Union regrets this decision. "

The action was confirmed by HR-Rail, the legal employer of the railways , which accepted the strike notice filed on June 27.

The train traffic had already been disrupted late last week and the weekend, this time because of a CGSP-Cheminots action. For the first time a minimum service was applied.