Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Belgium’s main education unions, ACV, ABVV, ACLVB, will hold a “Career March” in Brussels on October 14, 2025, protesting the De Wever government’s plans affecting teachers’ pensions, workloads, and working conditions.
As GVA News reported, Belgium’s main education unions have announced a “Career March” in Brussels on October 14, 2025. They warn that teachers’ careers and pensions are under threat from the federal government’s current plans.
According to the unions, the proposals would make teachers work longer, face heavier workloads, and accept more flexible schedules. At the same time, pensions would be reduced. The unions say these changes create more inequality and weaken the security of teaching careers.
They are calling on educators to join the march and protest what they describe as unfair policies. Thousands of teachers are expected to take to the streets of Brussels to demand better working conditions and pension protections.
“Thanks to the massive turnout from education earlier this year, our negotiators can speak today with a strong mandate, ”
The Union said.
“By taking to the streets en masse, the unions hope to exert pressure on the government to influence the final texts.
What will education unions demand at the Career March in Brussels on October 14?
The Career March on October 14th, 2025, is not the first national day of action organised by Belgian unions against the policies of the De Wever government. The 3 main Belgian umbrella unions, ACV, ABVV, and ACLVB, will take part.
The unions plan to meet again at Brussels North Station, as they did on June 25th, and will march through the city. Organisers say the gathering is intended to reinforce the previous protest, while continuing to show a strong opposition to the government’s reforms.
Unions in Belgium have been involved in protests against the government for many years over labour and pension reforms. In 2020, they mobilised public-sector workers to protest proposed changes to pensions.
Earlier, on June 25, 2025, unions held a large public protest in Brussels. Between 20,000 and 30,000 folks flooded the streets to participate. While the protest took place, union leaders called the government “a government of liars” and pointed out reforms that they claim undermine the rights of workers, pensions, and working conditions.
