In November 2003, representatives of the Belgian Red Cross and its trade unions signed a final agreement which ended a dispute which started between them two months earlier, following the dismissal of four workers.
In July 2003, a large-scale strike occurred at the Belgian Post Office, triggered by the implementation of a new system for organising delivery rounds, which is one of 10 measures being introduced by management in the context of the EU-wide liberalisation of the postal sector. At the end of the