After a month of strike once morest the franchise of the 128 integrated supermarkets, both the management and the unions of the Lion are holding firm. However, in the longer term, the outcome of the conflict is hardly in doubt, according to three experts in the retail sector.
By Julien Bosseler
En this Easter eve, on the social conflict front at Delhaize, which has just passed the symbolic milestone of the month, the two camps remain entrenched in their irreconcilable positions. They even continue climbing. Thus, the management of the Lion announced on Friday that it would “do everything to ensure that most stores are open” this Saturday, one of the most important of the year, commercially speaking. Dixit Roel Dekelver, spokesperson for the Lion who justifies “these efforts”, ranging from “dialogue” to “use of bailiffs”, to “serve customers” but also to “allow employees who wish to work”. According to the director of communication, the employees in this case are “many”, contrary to what the unions want to believe.
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