A lack of equipment, fixed-term contracts, poor duty scheduling – Gorillas employees have been seething for some time. Now there are mass layoffs at the young delivery service.
In the dispute over the working conditions at the delivery service start-up Gorillas, the company laid off numerous employees in Berlin and Leipzig.
A spokesman said on Wednesday that the employment relationships of those employees had been terminated who had participated in so-called “wild strikes” and blockades of department stores in the past few days. “Such unannounced and non-union strikes are illegal. After careful consideration, we feel compelled to enforce this legal framework. “
Gorillas initially gave no information about the exact number of layoffs. The “Gorillas Workers Collective” (GWC), an association of employees for better working conditions, spoke on Twitter on Wednesday of “mass layoffs” that had been pronounced by letter or by telephone. Those employees who did not take part in the campaigns were also dismissed.
A dispute over working conditions has been raging in the young Berlin start-up for months. The GWC criticizes, among other things, fixed-term contracts, a lack of equipment for drivers and poor duty scheduling. The group has called for a rally in front of the Gorillas main building in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon.
Gorillas always emphasizes that they take the criticism seriously and that they have already improved many points. There is now a bonus system that guarantees drivers a fixed hourly wage. The shift planning system has been improved and numerous employees have been hired.
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