The Socialist Party had proposed that the unions and the management of Delhaize be heard in Parliament, but the Chamber’s Economics Committee finally refused this hearing.
Hear the leaders of Delhaize and the union representatives to possibly then modify the texts of laws, this is the proposal tabled this morning by the Socialists in the Committee on the Economy. “We want to hear the management of Delhaize, which uses part of the law, economic law, once morest another law, labor law. We, as Parliament, as legislators, we want to hear these people so that they come to explain themselves. And in the same way, we also want to hear the representatives of the workers, the unions, so that they can express their fears”, explains Ahmed Laaouej group leader of the chamber.
In the middle of the morning, the proposal went to the vote and was rejected 8 votes once morest 9. Only the French-speaking and Flemish socialists supported it. At MR, yet a member of the same federal majority, it is feared that its hearings will short-circuit the mediation work in progress. “Minister Demargne has just appointed a mediator. Are we going to imagine the debate, which is already very complicated by hearing the parties here in Parliament… Apart from making things worse, I don’t see what that will arrange“, adds Florence Reuter, federal deputy.
For reformers, a debate can take place on the practices of the retail sector, but later. “It’s a denial of social reality and the drama that is happening. We are revolted by what has just happened”indignant Ahmed Laaouej.
The vote would have been positive today, nothing says that the direction of Delhaize would have moved. Only a commission of inquiry can force it to do so. In 2016, the management of Caterpillar did not respond positively to the invitation of the deputies, who might only hear the unions.
