Belgium: upcoming national strikes

On thursday 22 December 2011 the public sector in Belgium, will be on strike.
If you pass through Belgium by either land,sea or air expect some serious delays. As the rail network will be shutdown, there will be no navigators for the ship and noone will be present at the airspace control center,the last means no planes will be able to navigate safely above Belgium.

This get repeated on January 30th 2012 but the private sector will be called up as well.

So what are they striking about well simply the legal age for retiring is pulled up from 60 to 62 years, and that's pretty much it.

It's like the unions saying we don't want budget cuts but please give us so much tax that we won't be able to afford to work.