D1 Union Demands 23% Wage Increase Due to Loss of Purchasing Power
The D1 store workers’ union, Sintra-D1, has formally requested that company management match the 2026 salary increase to the national minimum wage increase decreed by the government – 23% – and apply it to the entire company payroll.
The request was submitted via a letter sent on January 8th to Christian Bäbler Font, president of D1 S.A.S. Union representatives state the company has the financial capacity to make this adjustment as a measure to protect workers’ purchasing power.
D1 projects operating 3,500 stores and employing over 30,000 people in the medium term.
Union Request: 23.7% Across-the-Board increase
in the document, Sintra-D1 requests the salary increase be applied generally, not just to those earning minimum wage. “We request a general salary increase for D1 S.A.S.workers equal to the percentage of the minimum wage increase decreed by the President of the Republic, 23%,” the letter states.
The union argues the company has historically paid its employees above the legal minimum wage, but that recent salary adjustments have been limited to the CPI, reducing the real difference from the minimum.”While the real income of most workers in the country…