Real-time platform Strike Tracker reports that no major rail, metro, bus, airport or ferry strikes are scheduled in Belgium for the week of 18–25 October 2026. The site, which aggregates union notices and operator alerts, updated its status at 08:00 CET on 18 October, giving travellers rare respite after a turbulent first three quarters of the year. The absence of walkouts follows a mediated settlement between the public-service union CGSP/ACOD and the federal government earlier this month. Air-traffic-controller night-shifts at Charleroi Airport also returned to normal on 10 October after weeks of rolling stoppages. For global mobility managers, the clean sheet means reduced risk of missed flights and rail connections – valuable during the autumn conference season in Brussels. Nevertheless, Strike Tracker warns that industrial actions can be announced "any day," especially as unions consider fresh protests over cost-of-living negotiations. Companies should keep their travel-risk dashboards active: Belgian law obliges transport operators to give only 24 hours’ notice of strike escalation. Employers relying on posted-worker staff for short cross-border projects should also confirm that contractual end-dates allow flexibility if new actions are called. Travellers can subscribe to Strike Tracker e-mail alerts or follow operators such as SNCB/NMBS and STIB-MIVB on social media for up-to-the-minute service information.
Source: Strike Tracker
