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A 24-hour pre-Christmas public sector strike to protest pension reform has hit rail and bus traffic across Belgium.
The major unions in Belgium were protesting pension reform being pushed through Parliament for early next year that would require people to wait two years longer before early retirement. All but one of Belgium's major airports were operating close to normally, but intermittent road blocks by strikers worsened road delays around the capital. The strike also affected postal services, schools and hospitals.