SWITCH part 2

About SWITCH

2.

I dedicate this book to the workers of the Delhaize group, a chain of supermarkets in Belgium. The CEO decided recently to lay off thousands of workers by closing supermarkets in local communities, not because they make a loss but because he wants a higher profit. This is the brave new world in which we all live in 2day.

Solidarité avec les travailleurs de Delhaize = solidarity with the workers of Delhaize.

These words are in the book but torn to pieces !

I hope that the Belgian trade unions will be able to show some teeth in September (after the summer holidays) and decide to « strike » back.

By the way the Delhaize group has an important chain of supermarkets in the USA 2. Brands are Food Lion, Bottom Dollar Food and Hannaford. Think twice before shopping there or working there in the first place UNLESS you have strong trade unions.

More info on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhaize_Group

Guido Vermeulen

June 2014