2023-08-07 11:46:49
After the announcement of the franchise of the first fifteen Delhaize supermarkets, workers and unions say they are angry and “in shock”.
This Monday morning, the management of Delhaize unveiled the list of the first fifteen self-managed supermarkets which will be taken over by independent entrepreneurs. Their transformation will take place in the coming weeks and their reopening as independent Delhaize supermarkets is scheduled for October and November.
The announcement came as a shock to unions and staff members. In Nivelles, after learning that their store was among the list of the first fifteen supermarkets to be franchised, Delhaize workers located in the Shopping Center went on strike at the end of the morning. Workers say they are in shock as they have been fighting for five months to get Delhaize management to reverse its plans to franchise all of its integrated stores.
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For the permanent FGTB, Pascal Strubbe, who was there to support the staff, it is inevitable that the quality jobs that were currently provided in the integrated Delhaizes will be called into question. “To understand, you just have to compare the composition of the staff of an AD Delhaize, the number of students and precarious contracts, with what happens in a store like this. Yes, quality jobs will fall by the wayside and behind what is happening at Delhaize is the unraveling of the entire retail sector. »
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