Election committee at Hellofresh appointed by labor court

In the summer, the trade union Verdi applied for the appointment of an election committee for the works council elections. The Berlin Labor Court has now ruled in its favor.

The Verdi trade union wins at the Berlin Labor Court against the DAX company Hellofresh. Hellofresh employees want to set up a works council. An important step on the way to the works council is the appointment of an election committee, as this organizes the actual elections. The Berlin Labor Court has now ruled: Hellofresh must appoint one.

Employees of the delivery company convened a general assembly in Berlin back in the summer. More than 1,000 people are employed there. An election committee was actually to be appointed at this meeting. As the Tagesspiegel reported, the management warned its employees against this and commissioned the law firm Greenberg Traurig to hold information events. Their expertise, according to their own website: "unionf-free strategies", "persuasion programs" and employment law. The union took this tactic to court - and won.

Verdi now expects Hellofresh to recognize the ruling. "Now that the court has ruled, we assume that the employer will also accept the decision and forego further legal disputes," says Franziska Foullong, the responsible trade union secretary in Verdi's Berlin-Brandenburg retail division. "It would be grueling and unnecessary if the employer were to appeal for tactical reasons and go to the regional labor court."