In December, the DHL group, one of the largest transport companies in Europe, traditionally has a busy activity with the delivery of 50% more parcels than any other month of the year.
Since December 9, at the call of the unions who regret “the absence of obligatory annual negotiations”, the employees of the French branch of this company based in Germany have decided to stop their activity. In addition to these salary demands, they denounce the cancellation of the profit-sharing bonus planned for 2024. “We are losing 3,000 euros,” explained a union delegate from the CFE-CGC.
According to the unions, this movement is very popular with 80% of employees on strike. A conflict that risks getting bogged down. For now, management has indicated that it will not follow up with a negotiating meeting before January 9.
Obviously, this movement comes at the worst time a few weeks before Christmas. According to unions, more than 12,000 packages pile up in warehouses every day without being delivered or shipped by plane.
Management wants to be reassuring even if it admits possible delays. To compensate for the lack of striking drivers, the company uses subcontractors and temporary workers. However, deliveries and pickups remain impacted “by around 50%”, according to Olivier Kurkdjian, CFE-CGC union leader.
“No, there are not thousands of packages waiting,” assures Fatam Ziani, director of operations for DHL Express France on BFM, adding: “These are packages that will be delivered even with a little delay and our services will be assured to our customers at the end.”
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