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October 5, 2021

Gorillas founder talks of “terminating” employee attempting to unionise, according to leaked internal Slack

The leak comes amidst continuing protests from Gorillas workers in Berlin.


Kağan Sümer, Gorillas CEO

Gorillas CEO Kağan Sümer talked about firing a worker who was trying to unionise, according to leaked internal Slack messages, in revelations that will add to tensions between management and staff at the $3bn speedy grocery company.

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The internal message was leaked to Twitter last Saturday.
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A list of demands from the Bergmannkiez warehouse.
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The warehouse in Bergmannkiez, where riders turned their bikes upside down as a sign of protest.
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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