Verdi calls for warning strike in the retail sector

The Verdi trade union called for warning strikes in the retail sector in Leipzig on Thursday. Employees of various Kaufland stores, Aldi, H&M, Primark and Netto employees from the Leipzig-Northern Saxony and Chemnitz-Zwickau regions were called out, Verdi announced on Thursday. The call for action was triggered by the trade association's complaint about the shortage of staff and skilled workers in the retail sector on Labor Day on May 1. Among other things, a rally was planned in Leipzig's city center on Thursday.

The strikers were demanding an "appreciative wage offer that secures real wages", explained Verdi. At the beginning of November last year, the sixth round of negotiations in the wage dispute in the retail and mail order sector in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia had already ended without a result. According to the union, the employer side is currently refusing to negotiate a wage agreement.