Le Mouvement Syndical Belge was the successor to the Journal des Correspondances , whose printing had been halted by the outbreak of World War I. The first issue appeared in December 1918. Initially, it was published biweekly, but later only one issue was published monthly.
The magazine was used for reporting on the internal workings of the SK (Belgian Trade Union Movement (BVV) from 1937 onwards), for disseminating the SK's views on domestic and foreign events and for announcing congresses, etc. In the 1930s, thematic supplements were also added, notably Travail et Droit and La Jeunesse et le Mouvement Syndical. The editorial team included well-known names from the socialist movement, such as Hendrik de Man, Arthur Jauniaux and Joseph Bondas. From the outset, the magazine and its supplements were also published in Dutch under the names De Belgische Vakbeweging, Arbeid en Recht and De Jeugd en de Vakbeweging . The magazine and its supplements came to an end in May 1940 with the outbreak of the Second World War in Belgium.
Le Mouvement Syndical Belge began appearing in December 1918. In 1919, it was originally published biweekly, but in practice, its publication dates were rather irregular. From 1920 onward, it appeared promptly every two weeks until 1927. From 1928 onward, its frequency was reduced to one issue per month.
The series is complete, except for one issue: the July 1932 edition has been lost, but it still exists in a Dutch version in De Belgische Vakbeweging .
Travail et Droit was published from 1930 onwards. Until 1934, four editions were printed per year; from 1935 onwards, this number was increased to six editions per year.
La Jeunesse et le Mouvement Syndical appeared irregularly from 1933 onwards. This supplement was discontinued prematurely in 1936.
Both sets of appendices are complete and both Le Mouvement Syndical Belge and its appendices have been made searchable using OCR.
Go to the collection Le Mouvement Syndical Belge (1918-1940)
