Glovo supply drivers, referred to as to strike this weekend to protest towards the ERE | Economy | EUROtoday

-If there aren’t any rights, nobody pedals!

-No to the ERE! Agreement now!

-I need to see you right here, come down Óscar Pierre [máximo dirigente de Glovo].

These have been among the proclamations launched final week by 100 folks gathered in entrance of Glovo’s headquarters in Madrid, in protest of the ERE that the corporate intends to execute to fireside some 750 supply staff. The mobilization of staff continues this weekend with a name for a strike: it consists of a complete strike this Saturday, April 25, and a partial strike this Friday (from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.) and this Sunday (from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.).

The union that’s selling the strike is CC OO, the bulk within the firm after the succession of union elections which have been held in current months after the laborization. After years in rebel towards rider legislationInspection sanctions and judicial choices, the corporate left its self-employed mannequin behind and moved to a salaried scheme, which began in July of final 12 months. The announcement that the corporate would work completely with workers got here in December 2024, someday earlier than its founder, Óscar Pierre, testified in a prison trial accused of against the law towards staff’ rights.

The firm introduced the ERE on March 11, information that didn’t catch the sector off guard. The unions had been protesting a succession of layoffs that of their opinion could possibly be labeled as a “covert ERE.” CC OO has filed a criticism on this foundation earlier than the National Court.

When the ERE was introduced, the corporate mentioned: “Glovo is forced to reduce its service in more than 60 locations in different provinces of Spain to avoid its closure. For the rest of the cities, which exceed 800 throughout Spain, the app [aplicación] Glovo maintains its usual operations for the moment.” The firm defined that the ERE will have an effect on a number of provinces: Barcelona, ​​Tarragona, Girona, Valencia, Alicante, Ciudad Real, Guadalajara, Cáceres, Badajoz, Seville, Málaga, Cádiz, Las Palmas and Gipuzkoa, along with the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

According to CC OO, the union has referred to as a strike in Madrid, Almería, A Coruña, Seville, Tarragona, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Alicante, Navarra, Las Palmas, Álava and Asturias. For its half, CNT calls to cease in Malaga and Córdoba. UGT, additionally represented in Glovo, helps the strikes. There are additionally plans for rallies, for instance in Madrid: they’re referred to as on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. in a number of McDonald’s locally: Parla, Collado Villalba, Valdemoro and Fuenlabrada. “No to the ERE, no to the covert ERE, no to the sanctioning regime, no to dismissals and an end to union persecution,” says the CC OO poster.

Problems within the supply

The meals supply sector goes by means of turbulent occasions, with Uber Eats’ current announcement of the employment of its self-employed staff. Like Glovo, the corporate took this step to keep away from the prison risk towards its leaders, but it surely does so earlier than the beginning of a judicial course of. The Labor Inspection is demanding 110 million euros in unpaid contributions and is ready to obtain an administrative sanction that can improve the quantity. According to union sources, it’s foreseeable that the corporate must undertake an ERE to have the ability to combine these regularized staff into the subcontractors with which it intends to function.

At the identical time, this week it has emerged that the opposite giant firm within the sector, Just Eat, is proposing one other ERE, however of a a lot smaller measurement than Glovo. It would have an effect on about 60 folks within the logistics space, not supply folks. “To continue being efficient, sustainable and scalable in a logistics environment in constant transformation, we are considering changes in our logistics operating model. We are seeking a more simplified approach and reducing administrative complexity, to be able to provide better support to our delivery drivers, improving the experience for our consumers and associated establishments,” the corporate defends in an announcement. “The process is still subject to relevant consultations and negotiations with the workers’ legal representation and it is expected that this reorganization will only apply to a small proportion of Just Eat Takeaway’s total employees,” the corporate provides.