Van Hool staff respond to impending bankruptcy and possible restart: “This is Bokrijk. Who wants to take over this now?” | Restructuring at bus builder Van Hool

“There are very good people working here. In another place the room would have been on fire a long time ago, but here they just carry on.” Resignation is at the factory gate of bus builder Van Hool after the staff was told today that the implementation of the recovery plan is not possible and everything is heading towards bankruptcy. A new and not unimportant uncertainty also emerged for employees today: their premium. “They keep us in the dark, but we actually know that it is over.”