On Friday morning, the CSC Aéroport trade union organised an awareness campaign at Brussels Airport to draw attention to the working conditions of women at the airport.
In light of International Women's Rights Day on 8 March, the union wanted to "sound the alarm": insufficient pay, high workloads, lack of facilities for staff, excessive flexibility and security problems are some of the complaints of female airport workers, according to a survey conducted by the CSC.
Despite these findings, the new Federal Government is going to take "measures that will directly penalise female airport workers," the union said.
The Christian union points to "unfair measures that penalise women," such as the reduction in social benefits, the abolition of end-of-career schemes, the increase in flexibility and the deduction from pensions in the event of retirement before the statutory age.
Jolinde Defieuw of ACV Airport (the Flemish equivalent of CSC Aéroport) points out that "women will be hit harder, as more of them do not have a full career."
On Friday morning, the union was therefore present at the airport to inform workers and offer them coffee and leaflets. The CSC also took the opportunity to call for participation in the general strike planned for 31 March.
