Overview
- The Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten (NGG) called warning strikes that affected roughly 2,500 employees and stopped production at Dr. Oetker’s Bielefeld and Oerlinghausen sites on Thursday.
- The union is seeking a 5.7 percent pay rise on a 12-month contract after the previous collective agreement expired in April.
- NGG says the employer’s proposal amounts to about a 2 percent increase, and Dr. Oetker declined to disclose its offer to dpa.
- Both sides will meet for a fourth round of talks on July 8, and union negotiator Thorsten Kleile warned that pressure will be increased if the employer does not substantially improve its offer.
- The struck sites also house administration and IT teams and make muesli and baking mixes, so the action risks short-term production and corporate disruptions and could affect local supply and jobs if the dispute escalates.