Proposition 54K2939

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Projet de loi portant modification de la loi du 23 juillet 1926 relative à la SNCB et au personnel des Chemins de fer belges et du Code judiciaire en matière d'élections sociales pour certains organes de dialogue social des Chemins de fer belges.

General information

Submitted by
MR Swedish coalition
Submission date
Feb. 13, 2018
Official page
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Status
Adopted
Requirement
Simple
Subjects
trade union trade union election rail transport

Voting

Voted to adopt
Groen CD&V Vooruit Ecolo PS | SP Open Vld N-VA LDD MR PP VB
Abstained from voting
LE PVDA | PTB

Party dissidents

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Discussion

March 8, 2018 | Plenary session (Chamber of representatives)

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President Siegfried Bracke

Mrs Inez De Coninck, rapporteur, refers to the written report.


Gwenaëlle Grovonius PS | SP

My speech will be brief. I would like to point out the reasons why I will abstain from voting on this text.

We are obviously not opposed to the organization of social elections to the SNCB. On the other hand, I would like to make a few comments about the timing and how the project was brought about.

First of all, I still wonder why we didn’t wait until 2020 to organize these social elections, since they will take place at that time in the private sector. Also, why was the text submitted in a hurry? It was when we arrived in the plenary session that we learned that we should vote for it in an emergency. We are therefore placed in such a situation that we must again examine a project in a hurry.

Then, the SNCB itself will have to organize these elections within a difficult time to hold. Furthermore, the budget resources for this purpose have not been committed.

For all these reasons, I will abstain.


Ministre François Bellot

At the end of our work in the committee, it was well stated that we were asking for the urgency for this issue to pass into today’s plenary session. So it is done.

Regarding the budgetary resources necessary for the organisation of the social elections, all internal expenses are covered by resources owned by HR Rail. I am talking about the election process, not the election campaign.

Then, I would like to remind you that the candidates will be for a period of six years. The frequency will be the same as for the private sector from 2024. Of course, all the reasons were explained in the committee during the debate on this bill.