Labour Minister calls on striking delivery riders at Gorillas in Berlin to form corporatist works council
Last Tuesday, Federal Labour Minister Hubertus Heil of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) visited striking workers from the Gorillas delivery service in Berlin-Kreuzberg. He said at a subsequent press conference that he wanted to gain a picture of the “real situation” and the “concrete problems of the workers.”
The Labour Minister played buddy-buddy, approaching a group of Gorillas workers and shouting, “Which one of you is a rider?” He said he was very interested in hearing personally about their problems and why the protest actions had been going on for over four weeks. Surrounded by a large media contingent, the minister was briefed on employees’ miserable working conditions, which have been known for a long time. If the situation did not improve, the strikers should inform his office, he said. “Then we’ll meet again,” he shouted and rushed over to the med
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Arbeitskampf bei Gorillas: „Riders protestieren weiter
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