After Lidl, competitor ALDI is also considering opening its Belgian stores on Sundays. Exploratory talks are starting with the unions, the supermarket chain reports. The staff is reacting dissatisfied and spontaneous strikes have broken out in about twenty Belgian stores, says the BBTK union.
“In a rapidly changing retail market where consumer expectations are also evolving, ALDI is building a sustainable future for its customers and safeguards the employment of its employees,” it said in a written statement. ALDI employs more than 8,600 people and the chain has 440 stores in Belgium.
The staff reacts dissatisfied. Spontaneous strikes broke out and about twenty stores were closed last night, says Lindsey Verhaeghe of the BBTK union.
Shops may remain closed today. That’s the case in Ingelmunster, Heule and Knokke-Heistunion sources say. Also in the store Avelgem there would be some action.
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