Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 11:30 a.m.
Twenty-five Aldi stores were on strike and did not open their doors on Monday to denounce a growing workload in East Flanders.
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Twenty-five Aldi stores dependent on the Erpe-Mere plant were on strike on Monday to denounce the growing workload.
In fact, the Aldi group has invested 350 million euros in this new store concept designed to “better meet customer needs”. Each store has therefore adopted a new look: wider aisles, new furniture, an expansion of the bakery department and a greater range of fresh products. The departments have also been reorganized according to the order of the day
A multiplication of products and tasks which inevitably resulted in an overload of work for the employees. For the unions, the situation has lasted too long and they consider that the compensation is insufficient in these times of health crisis. ” They have to work longer and spend almost 12 hours in their branch. ».
All of the striking Aldi stores were reopening their doors on Tuesday, however, and the discussions between unions and management that took place the same day in the afternoon proceeded in a constructive manner.
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