ABVV-chairman Robert Vertenueil is curious about the loonoverleg that Monday is resumed. The socialist union is willing to help a new national general strike and the country to a halt. “Even for several days if necessary,” said Verteneuil, nevertheless, not intended to “before the start of the negotiations with threats to swing”.

Verteneuil went today during the presentation of the memorandum of the socialist trade union in the loonoverleg that next week will be resumed.

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The employers must, according to him, to be aware of the fact that on the day of the national strike on 13 February, “something has happened that is not just negligible’. “We will see what the consultation comes and we will have that result then introduce you to our constituency. But if one of us has the exact same submit they must not be too hard firing”, they said. He spoke about “a real risk that we are again on the street will”.