Around 100 delivery drivers working for the KM Group, an Amazon subcontractor in Wallonia, have been collectively dismissed via WhatsApp. The drivers were informed via text message that the company had gone bankrupt, leaving them without July's salary. They also say they haven't received the necessary forms to be able to apply for unemployment benefit. In a joint statement, the two union federations ABVV/FGTB and ACV/CSC criticized the way the workers were dismissed and the uncertain financial situation they had been left in. According tio the unions, KM Group's bankruptcy was filed after the online retail company Amazon refused to renegotiate the terms of the contract. The unions organised a demonstration outside the Amazon depot which they hope will highlight their case and draw attention to working conditions in the delivery sector.
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