Belgian Rail Strikes - NOW CALLED OFF ?

[OwlMan]

It looks like next weeks rail strike in Wallonia might be extended

http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2676612

The Francophone wing of the socialist trades union has threatened to extend next week's week-long rail strike by an extra week. The union has given notification that it may be taking strike action from 19 to 26 June. Earlier the union said it would strike from 12 June until 18 June. The move is intended to put further pressure on the rail management. The two parties met for further talks on Tuesday. The unions promised to put new management proposals to their rank and file, but these proposals have clearly not impressed.
The socialist union's Flemish wing has taken note of the Francophone move. The union believes that an acceptable, balanced agreement is in the offing. The Flemish wing intends to attend Thursday's meeting "with the management with a constructive attitude in the hope that it will be able to put a defensible offer to the rank and file afterwards".

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The strike now appears to have been called off

http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2678374
The socialist rail union ACOD/CGSP has called on its members not to strike, for the time being at least. The strike had been due to start on Sunday evening at 10pm. However, the union has now drafted a list of proposals to resolve the dispute that will form the basis of negotiations with rail management next week.

Michel Abdissi of the Francophone wing of the ACOD/CGSP rail union told VRT News that "We are offering a final olive branch and we hope that this gesture will be appreciated”.
"We have drawn up a new list of proposals that will form the basis of negotiations next week”.
The union is now calling on its members not to down tools. This means that there will probably be no further strike action on the railways before the evening of Sunday 19 June. Nevertheless, the strike notice for the period between 12 and 19 June that the union issued at the start of the months remains in force.
A couple of days ago a second strike notice was issued for the period between 19 and 23 June. The dispute centres around proposals to reform the number of extra days off rail workers in lieu.