Workers at Cycle Logistics GmbH have won a major victory when after a 6 month
court process the labor court in Berlin overturned the illegal termination of anorganizer/Works Council member. ---- Workers at Cycle Logistics GmbH, also known
as Velogista, have been fighting for better workplace conditions since at least
2020. Their demands included sanitation basics such as access to running water
and a working toilet, as well as work days within the legal limit, and an end to
payment iregularities. After management appeared unwilling to hear or address
worker concerns, the workers decided to elect a Works Council. The workers group
at Cycle Logistics GmbH began organizing this election process with the help of
the FAU Berlin in Feburary of 2021. Coinciding with the election process Cycle
Logistics Gmbh management attempted to terminate one of the initiators and Works
Council candidates, under the pretense of "contract violations".
Following this, there were more attempts to disrupt or influence the Works
Council election results, but ultimately these attempts failed and the election
succeeded. Four of the candidates received the overwhelming majority of the votes
from the workforce. These four included the worker which management attempted to
fire presumably in response to the election, in what appears to be a clear
instance of union busting.
Today, following a 6 month court process, the illegal termination has been thrown
out and the Workers Council is now finally whole again. The Workers' fight for
self determination remains undeterred.
"This termination was clearly not legal, I think the boss even knew that at the
time he issued it", said the returning worker when asked about their return to to
the workplace and council. "Unfortunately it seems management succeeded in
temporarily disrupting our fight for better conditions. But thankfully my fellow
workers, including those on the Council, have stood clearly against these
disruptive efforts. I am grateful to them and look forward to getting back to
working side by side. I see this as a clear example of how an attack on an
individual worker was used to try to hurt the fight for better conditions for
all. But we also see how persistence and workers standing by one another can win."
With at multiple other lawsuits against Cycle Logistics GmbH in various stages
the fight for proper working conditions at Cycle Logistics CL GmbH has only just
begun. Today's victory is a big step forward, and we look forward to seeing more
of their actions in the workplace soon.
Press release from the Berlin Labour Court.
https://deliverunion.fau.org/2021/09/17/termination-overturned-at-cycle-logistics-gmbh/
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