The new “Arizona” government is planning massive social cuts across Belgium. They want a society for the richest, where the most vulnerable have to pay the bill.
And as workers in the NGO sector based in Belgium, we will see the impact of these measures up close - on our public services, salaries and pensions, as well as on the communities we work to defend and represent.
More austerity means more poverty.
Essential services like healthcare and education are being cut to pay for militarisation, with a disproportionate impact on women and young people. These are the same policies that we see at the EU level, all at the expense of the working class and the planet.
Since December 2024, Belgium’s trade unions have responded with a strategy of sustained mobilisation every month. More and more civil society groups are now joining the unions’ calls to strike.
Over 100,000 people hit the streets in February. In March, the unions called what became the biggest general strike in a decade, with over 100 NGO workers joining the first ever international NGO picket in Brussels.
These cuts are not yet law. We can still put an end to these measures for good.
We have already seen some victories! The government is on the defensive, and they're rethinking some of their plans. We’re not giving up.
That’s why NGO workers are standing up with Belgian unions again to say: NO TO ARIZONA.
I am joining the call to fight back against the cuts!
