The Municipality of Copenhagen terminates the collaboration with Dao.

Copenhagen Municipality terminates cooperation with Dao

Both Dao and the Lord Mayor want the Minister of Transport involved in the matter. But Copenhageners will still get their letters despite the dispute.

Copenhagen's Lord Mayor Sisse Marie Welling (SF) will invite the Minister of Transport for a discussion on how to ensure better control over suppliers and subcontractors and proper wage and working conditions in the future. (Photo: © Thomas Traasdahl, Ritzau Scanpix) 55 minutes ago

Copenhagen Municipality has chosen to terminate the agreement with Dao regarding letter delivery to Copenhagen mailboxes at the end of August.

This is stated in a letter from Lord Mayor Sisse Marie Welling (SF) to Minister of Transport Signe Munk (SF), which the Finance Committee will be informed about today. ( https://www.kk.dk/sites/default/files/agenda/63d4f267-3b8c-460f-9f32-b33153a2fc2c/327a8895-419d-49d0-877f-272ca117b3b6-bilag-5.pdf )

According to the Lord Mayor, the decision is due to the fact that the distribution company Dao cannot fully meet the municipality's requirements regarding wages and working conditions.

- Dao unfortunately cannot guarantee that their partners provide a collective agreement-compliant wage to their employees.

- And it is a firm principle in Copenhagen Municipality if you are to do business with us, she continues.

Now Sisse Marie Welling (SF) will invite her party colleague and the Minister of Transport for a discussion on how to ensure better control over suppliers and subcontractors and proper wage and working conditions in the future.

Dao took over letter delivery in Denmark from 2026.

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> - As a Copenhagener, you should not be afraid that you won't get your letters.

> Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Sisse Marie Welling (SF)

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Future of letter delivery uncertain

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In response to the municipality's decision, Dao itself sent a letter to the Minister of Transport last night.

Dao informs Ritzau that they have been "presented with some extensive requirements from Copenhagen Municipality." Such as labor clauses for Dao shops where letters and packages are handed in. Dao has "got those in place," it says.

- After that, the entire distribution is covered, but we still have a dispute with Copenhagen Municipality, and we have not been able to resolve it. It concerns who is allowed to report and sanction any violations, writes Dao's director, Hans Peter Nissen, in the letter.

What will happen to the municipality's letter delivery after August is still unknown. But initially, it will be up to each individual administration, the Lord Mayor says.

- As a Copenhagener, you should not be afraid that you won't get your letters, she says.

- But it will of course be troublesome for us as a municipality. Now we have to figure out how to ensure letter delivery in this interim period, says Sisse Marie Welling.

The Minister of Transport has not wished to be interviewed until she receives the letter from the Lord Mayor and has read it, according to the ministry's press unit.

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