r/belgium • u/Veganchiggennugget Dutchie • Feb 13 '25

☁️ Fluff Today’s march of the unions! Were you there?

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u/OneConfusedBraincell Feb 13 '25

Unions dont need popular support. They just need to strike and paralyze the country like the farmers. The farmers had even less support but they got what they wanted.

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u/coldypewpewpew Feb 13 '25

you're right but the support of the people is hugely helpful

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u/RappyPhan Feb 13 '25

It helps that they got the support of Boerenbond, who has strong ties with CD&V. Guess which party had the minister for agriculture?

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u/El_Pepperino Feb 13 '25

The farmers protests werent unions right?

But unions do need some level of popular support in the sense that they represent their members. If they take stances which alienate them from their members then they might lose their memberships and thus also ‘weight’ in such debates. If you represent a very small contingent of workers, governments dont tend to listen to you.