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National day of strikes. Fire fighters vs. Police. And the military strikes? Really? (www.brusselstimes.com)
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Same old same old. Every year. There are always unmet demands.

Fire fighters vs police

Perhaps the interesting episode this time around was firefighters were protesting and a small group of firefighters broke off from the rest and blocked a round about, then attacked some cops there.

Military

It’s also weird when the military strikes. The military is not generally a democratic institution internally AFAIK. And the service people are theoretically not there for personal gain but to serve their country. So it’s unclear how the country and voluntary servants thereto would be out of alignment.

Are the service people trapped in long contracts, perhaps? In principle I would think they would simply bounce at the end of the contract. If recruiting becomes a problem then there would be natural pressure to make service more enticing.

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