Lidl: German trade union Ver.di criticizes the working conditions

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28 June 2006 à 14h37

Updated on 26 March 2013 à 18h14

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Publication: 28 June 2006 à 14h37, Updated on 26 March 2013 à 18h14

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The German trade union of services Ver.di published, on Tuesday 27 June, a new "black book on Lidl in Europe", accusing the German discount chain of prospering in Europe "at the employees' expense". A spokesman for Lidl firmly rejected these remarks. (Ref. 06666)
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Updated on 26 March 2013 à 18h14

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Publication: 28 June 2006 à 14h37, Updated on 26 March 2013 à 18h14

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With 140 pages, this work, available in German and English (available on Ver.di’s website), follows a first “black book on Lidl in Germany”, published at the end of 2004, where the trade union denounced the “inhuman working conditions” of Lidl employees in Germany. In this European version, Andreas Hamann, assisted by a team, described the working conditions and the everyday life of Lidl workers in twenty European countries. He conducted many interviews of salesmen, employee representatives...

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