A delegation from the CNE union blocked this Friday evening and during the night the depots of fresh products and dry products of Delhaize located in Zellik. A few hundred employees were at the main entrances to the depot to block the trucks and the restocking of the stores. Around 10 p.m., a bailiff was on his way to the deposit. Local police arrived at the scene around midnight.
The objective was to prevent the restocking of Delhaize stores on Saturday, a busy day in supermarkets. “The management had promised not to change anything in the deposits in recent years. However, she recently closed the depot that handled the emptying to subcontract it to a company a little further away.the union said in a statement. Fortunately, the majority of the workers were able to be relocated to the other depots. But there is no indication that this will be the case if a depot closes again.“
The CNE specifies that the workers are also asking “better working conditions” : “the workload is heavy, night work has a strong impact on health (…) The management had undertaken in a collective agreement to have at least 90% of permanent contracts. However, we note to date that the management continues to hire 30% of workers under precarious contracts, in particular students.“
Finally, the workersalso refuse the additional flexibility requested by the management following the integration of a deposit in the second“.