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Berlin Lieferando Couriers Strike During Talks Over Job Cuts, Outsourcing

NGG frames the walkout as a push for a collective agreement following plans to cut about 2,000 roles, with more last‑mile work moving to subcontractors.

Overview

  • The strike began around 08:00 and is scheduled to run until 00:30, with roughly 1,900 Berlin couriers and support staff called out by NGG.
  • A protest march is planned at midday from Friedrichshain to Kreuzberg, ending at Lieferando’s headquarters on Schlesische Straße.
  • Negotiations in Berlin are in a sixth round over a reconciliation of interests and a social plan as the industrial action proceeds.
  • Lieferando rejects the union’s portrayal, calls a standalone tariff unrealistic, and says customers should see little disruption as few employees typically join such actions.
  • The company announced in July about 2,000 job cuts—around 20% of its rider fleet—linked to greater use of subcontractors; NGG warns of poorer conditions and pseudo self-employment, while the firm previously said roughly 5% of volume would go to third parties.