The sale of the Real retail chain could lead to a complete end of the brand. A real works council is now reproaching the government.
- The Metro trading group wants that Real stores in Germany to sell,
- Now warns works Council in front massive job cuts,
- He sees every third job in danger.
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Update from January 17, 2020: After taking over the Real stores of Real estate investor X + Bricks became known, it was not yet clear what will happen to the markets. Now there are new reports that Real could disappear completely. Research by chip.de revealed that Metro did not want to keep a strong core of Real branches as previously reported. Metro gave up the real chain completely. X + Bricks lift its exclusive agreement Kaufland dissolved. Because of this, other interested parties could look at real branches. According to Chip.de, potential buyers include Edeka, Kaufland, Lidl, Rewe, Netto and the hardware stores Toom and Obi.
Real stores: 50 branches threatened with closure – 10,000 employees affected
First report from January 14, 2020:
Düsseldorf – Shortly before the planned sale of the Real stores, the works council of the Metro retail group warned of a massive job cuts. “The general works council expects about 10,000 unemployed“said its chairman Werner Klockhaus the Süddeutsche Zeitung from Tuesday. “That means almost every third position is in acute danger. It will be a drama.”
The retail chain currently employs around 34,000 employees, The service union Verdi had already asked for clarity for the employees of the retail chain in October in view of the planned sale of Real branches. Metro plans to end of January all 277 real markets in Germany to a consortium around the Real estate investor X + Bricks for sale. With the news that it wanted to sell the German real markets to this real estate investor, the company caused a surprise for experts who had followed the events in December of last year.
Real markets for sale: works council fears 10,000 unemployed
Klockhaus said Süddeutsche Zeitung, he expects the closure of about 50 markets, With 120 employees per market, 6,000 employees lose their jobs. An estimated 4,000 more unemployed would be added if X + Bricks passed the real markets on to competitors and shut down these entire departments.
The General works council criticized in this connection also the Government inaction, “I believe that politics completely underestimates the situation with the sale of Real. There have been many discussions with politicians at all levels”, including with Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil (SPD). Unfortunately, “they haven’t helped us yet,” said Klockhaus.
He has never heard any statements about real sales from Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU). Klockhaus is not alone in criticizing leading politicians. Verdi also exerted pressure in October, demanding that employers and politicians must ensure that jobs are preserved on good terms.
But not only at Real, there is also a massive job cut at Daimler.
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