The reason for the strike of the Lidl and extraordinary adhesion: over 80%
The adhesion to the Lidl national strike exceeded 50%, with tips of 100%. Some points of sale have opened only for the presence of the director alone or few managers
« Extraordinary membership » of the workers to the strike proclaimed against the German discount multinational, present in Italy with over 700 stores and more than 23 thousand employees. There is talk of a figure higher than 80%, with tips of 100% in dozens of stores, closed, While most opened only for the presence of the director only or few managers. This is what the trade unions of the CGIL, CISL and UIL trade say. The company, explain, did not accept the requests made by Filcams CGIL, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs at the negotiation table on two points in particular: increase the salary and improve the organization of work.
Invest in collaborators
« The mobilization, organized with principals and events in front of the points of sale and logistics centers throughout the national territory – say – has recorded an extraordinary adhesion. In many cases, the on -call contracts and the certain times, the most blackmail of this, have also joined the mobilization, this is a signal that confirms exasperation and discontent in the workplace». For Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs « it is unacceptable that the discounting company, which conquers ever more market shares and in the last five years has recorded over 1.3 billion in Italy in Italy in ante imposed, did not want to invest more resources on their collaborators who have made the Lidl sign great ». According to the three trade union organizations « the corporate management, in the face of an adhesion to the strike so strong by the workers, has no alternative: they return to the negotiation table, they conclude, and collect the union proposals to find a dignified corporate agreement ».
The breakdown at the meeting of May 14th
The decision to call the strike was accrued in the aftermath of the meeting held on May 14 in Bologna with the company management. The meeting, which comes after months of negotiation on the renewal of the Company supplementary contract, ended without concrete results. « After months of confrontation, Lidl presented an unacceptable proposal: a simple increase in shopping vouchers, » the unions report. « An absolutely inadequate answer, which does not take into account the advanced requests or the real expectations of the workers of the sales network, logistics and the offices ».
Salary claims
In addition to the wage theme, the protest also invests the organization of work. According to the unions, about 75% of employees have a part-time contract but the absence of predefined hourly patterns and discontinuous programming make the working life of thousands of people uncertain. «A adequate is missing management of times that is consistent with the legislation and with the collective agreement», Filcams, Fisascat and Uiltucs denounce. « In light of the rigidity shown by the company and the absence of margins of negotiation », the unions conclude, « the state of agitation represents a necessary step to unlock the negotiating table and put the rights of the workers and workers back to the center ».
