While cross-industry negotiations are in sight, the managing director of the Confederation of Belgium Firms (FEB), Peter Timmermans has just made the news by refusing to clearly promise a wage increase, one of the biggest stakes which will be on the table of negotiations. (Ref. 06994)
To support his position, Peter Timmermans is cautious on the return of growth, recommending to wait for the central Council of economy’s report which must be published in mid-November. For labor unions, this position is so radical that they don’t even want to comment on it. Besides the rejection of any wage increase, the FEB’s manager advocates a « variable wage », adjustable according to the sector’s health, an idea which he will defend during cross-industry negotiations. In the same impulse,
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