Call for new strikes in Germany

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted by the German Frankfurter Rondschei newspaper, in The week before Easter, Germany’s Verdi union called for warning strikes by retail and wholesale workers, with supermarket chains Lidl and Kaufland targeting Maundy Thursday, according to Verdi.

Strikes have been announced at hundreds of companies in the Schwartz group, including Lidl and Kaufland, and not only branches and warehouses could be affected, but other retail companies, a spokesman for Verdi said. experience these alarming strikes.

However, employers are trying to allay concerns. Steven Hark, head of collective bargaining at the German Trade Association (HDE), does not think the strikes will will have a significant impact on customers. “Trading companies have proven over the last few months that they can deal with strikes very well,” Hark said, stressing that the industry was well prepared for Easter trading and had already It had shown over the Christmas period that it could cope with these strikes.

The Thursday before the long Easter weekend is a key sales day for retailers in Germany. HDE expects sales of 2.2 billion euros for the entire Easter trade, based on a representative survey of about 1,000 consumers.

Collective bargaining for about five million retail workers in Germany has been stalled for months. Is. Despite several warning strikes, this stalemate could not be resolved. Verdi wants, among other things, at least 2.50 euros more per hour in retail shops in all regions and for a period of one year. This country has created such that some experts have called this year the year of strikes in this country.

These strikes are in different sectors of public transportation, medicine, airline employees and other sectors. It is held frequently.

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