Belgian rail workers will strike on February 15 unless the Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges (SNCB) agree to settle with unions over cost-cutting measures take by the railway. The strike, to follow a third rail stoppage in three months, could be stopped if SNCB were to talk about its measures rather than announcing them, said ACV-Transcom union official Luc Piens. The 24-hour stoppage will have a knock-on effect for…

All Belgium seaports and airports are to be closed this week by a nationwide general strike in protest of austerity measures brought on by the Euro debt crisis. Some 50,000 protesters took to the streets of Brussels last month to protest against government cuts. In a notice to trade, Inchape Shipping Services (ISS) said: “We advise shipowners and operators not to attempt to deliver any cargo to Belgian ports on…