Work in several Walloon quarries of the Sagrex company will be seriously disrupted by a strike from Monday morning. A trade union representative indicated this to Belga on Sunday afternoon. The employees are dissatisfied with the lack of compensation for the high fuel costs.
Due to high inflation and energy prices, Sagrex employees had requested a gesture to ease the incurred costs of their commute. “In April we had asked the management in vain for an increase in travel costs. A strike notice was submitted at the beginning of July,” says FGTB representative Frédéric Lucchetta.
The unions find the response of the management insufficient and announce a strike: from Monday morning 06.00 the work would be stopped at the quarries of Aisemont, Beez, Engis, Lustin, Marche-les-Dames, Moha and Monceau-sur-Sambre. “An agreement has been reached at Lhoist and Carmeuse to compensate for the difference in the fuel price, based on a price of 1.76 euros per litre. We also expect a gesture to that effect from Sagrex,” Lucchetta added.
Market leader in Belgium
Sagrex, part of cement giant HeidelbergCement, produces granulates for the Belgian, Dutch, German and French markets. These are supplied to the construction industry, mainly as raw material for concrete. They are also used in major infrastructure works such as road surfacing, protection dikes and railway ballast.
The company, market leader on the Belgian and Dutch markets, has almost 400 employees spread over 20 sites, 18 of which are in Belgium and two in the Netherlands. The company is represented on the Belgian market with the brands CBR, Sagrex and Inter-Beton.
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