On Monday 20 June, the security officers of Brussels Airport will stop working. That writing The newspapaer in The Importance of Limburg Saturday.
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‘Eighty percent of the staff members have announced that they will go on strike’, says Jo Vanrutten, ABVV representative at G4S. This security company is responsible for security checks at the airport, including scanners for baggage.
The day of action on June 20 is not a national strike. But employees who want to protest can invoke their right to strike. This will therefore be the case at G4S at the airport. ‘We want to use this to protest against the workload,’ says Vanrutten. This will probably cause a lot of inconvenience for travelers, since everyone has to pass through security.
The action threatens to be the start of a tense summer at the airport. At Brussels Airlines, the pilots have already submitted a strike notice and the cabin crew are still considering actions. The pilots at Ryanair are also threatening a strike and at baggage handler Aviapartner the staff spontaneously stopped work for several hours last week.
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