Here is a graph, summarizing my amazing weekend. The legal threshold in Belgium (Walloon Region) is 40 dB(A) at night and 50 dB(A) during the day. Not a single moment of respite, calm or serenity. We no longer know what to do. It is driving us crazy.
The building to which these machines are attached is empty from 5 pm to 8 am, and at weekends. Yet the machines continue to run throughout the night, despite the absence of any occupants, exposing nearby residents to continuous noise well above the legal limits.
#nightmare #NoisePollution #PublicHealth #Wallonia #QualityOfLife
Management pushing rollback of leave and bonuses. Picket lines blocked company gates, hampering management’s ability to communicate.
#Wallonia #Belgium #strike #strikes #union #unions #TEC #OTW #LiegeVerviers #Charleroi #Hainaut #WalloonBrabant #Brussels #exploitation #CostOfLiving #ClassWar

A rolling, union-led strike at Wallonia’s TEC bus company entered its sixth day on 31 January, cancelling more than two-thirds of services in key districts and threatening to last into next week. The walkout protests government cost-cutting plans and is already forcing employers to activate tele-work and contingency travel arrangements. Continued disruption could affect cross-border commuters and logistics chains that rely on TEC’s network.