This Wednesday, 9 November, the union front in Belgium has announced a national strike that will affect all sectors to protest against the wage norm.

Many of GLS employees will be at our depots on Wednesday evening to handle the parcels, to minimize the impact of this strike.

Strikes also lead to road blocks, which affects traffic and thus accessibility to our sorting centers. Unfortunately, we have limited control over this part of our service, but we have already adjusted our transport plans and schedules to minimize processing and delivery delays.

France is facing fuel supply disruptions because of a strike at Total Energy company which represents 60% of fuel distribution in France. The French government is actively working with the company to solve this issue as soon as possible. This shortage has consequences for Linehauls and Last miles but also for the daily life of citizens which leads to tensions.

In this highly inflationary context in France, a union organized on Monday hub blockades in four Hubs (Paris with Fleury and Roissy, Rhônes-Alpes with Lyon and South West with Brive).

A lot of parcels could not be processed. Operational teams manage the priorities.

Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) announced industrial actions on 13th, 20th and 25th of October in the United Kingdom. This will also affect GLS’ delivery partner, Parcelforce Worldwide. To avoid any negative impact on GLS parcel deliveries to the UK as much as possible, we have a contingency plan in place that will ensure that parcels can still be customs cleared and delivered during the planned actions. Customs broker CCL and parcel delivery provider EVRi will take over the clearance and delivery of UK shipments.

For you, there won’t be any changes. We are confident that we will continue to provide our customers with consistent and reliable service during these days.