Wal-Mart says no to personnel representatives' training in Germany, will have to answer in court
Wal-Mart says no to personnel representatives' training in Germany, will have to answer in court
- Labour news from UNI global union - for trade unions in a global services economy. -
Wal-Mart tries to deny its German personnel representatives their right to participate in training sessions. The unionists had wanted to add to their knowledge and skills with a view of being better able to handle their tasks in the ongoing process of selling the company to the Metro Group. The Bentonville multinational will now be taken to court by its own workers, in what could be characterised as an expected end to its failed adventure.
Germany's largest trade union, UNI-affiliated ver.di, takes a rather ironical tone in today's press statement. During what will probably be the last few weeks of their engagement in Germany, the company whose "management in our country has let a few hundred million Euros run into the sand want to save a few hundred Euros at the expense of its workers", the ver.di statement reads.
- And one is not sold every day, the union says.
Now, the labour court will decide whether Wal-Mart has to pay for the training of its shop stewards, or whether they can get out of this obligation. Lawyers in Germany, whom the union has talked with, seem all to agree that the company will finally have to dig out the wallet from its deep pockets.
- The probable end result: Nothing saved, but even more money lost in the sand, the union states in a less than benign comment about the achievements of the Bentonville retail giant's top management in Germany.
At the end of July, Wal-Mart announced the sale of its German operations to Metro and its hypermarket-chain Real. The affair is now being studied by the competition authorities, who are expected to announce their decision by the end of the year.
Union Network International
- Labour news from UNI global union - for trade unions in a global services economy. -
Wal-Mart tries to deny its German personnel representatives their right to participate in training sessions. The unionists had wanted to add to their knowledge and skills with a view of being better able to handle their tasks in the ongoing process of selling the company to the Metro Group. The Bentonville multinational will now be taken to court by its own workers, in what could be characterised as an expected end to its failed adventure.
Germany's largest trade union, UNI-affiliated ver.di, takes a rather ironical tone in today's press statement. During what will probably be the last few weeks of their engagement in Germany, the company whose "management in our country has let a few hundred million Euros run into the sand want to save a few hundred Euros at the expense of its workers", the ver.di statement reads.
- And one is not sold every day, the union says.
Now, the labour court will decide whether Wal-Mart has to pay for the training of its shop stewards, or whether they can get out of this obligation. Lawyers in Germany, whom the union has talked with, seem all to agree that the company will finally have to dig out the wallet from its deep pockets.
- The probable end result: Nothing saved, but even more money lost in the sand, the union states in a less than benign comment about the achievements of the Bentonville retail giant's top management in Germany.
At the end of July, Wal-Mart announced the sale of its German operations to Metro and its hypermarket-chain Real. The affair is now being studied by the competition authorities, who are expected to announce their decision by the end of the year.
Union Network International
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