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Rheda-Wiedenbrück (dpa) - At the end of a week of action and strike in the German meat industry, the protest also reached Germany's largest slaughterhouse on Friday (12 noon).
The food-enjoyment-restaurants union (NGG) calls for protests for higher wages in front of the Tönnies company headquarters in Rheda-Wiedenbrück in East Westphalia at noon.
In the past few days there had also been warning strikes and protests at other meat companies such as Vion in Bavaria or Danish Crown in Lower Saxony.
The background to this is the interrupted discussions with employers about nationwide collective bargaining agreements in the industry.
At the end of March, the talks for around 160,000 employees were stopped for the time being without a new appointment.
While the union is calling for a three-tier minimum wage agreement starting at 12.50 euros per hour, in the third round of negotiations the employers offered 10.50 euros with immediate effect and a gradual increase to 12 euros by December 1, 2023.
According to the union, the minimum working conditions such as working hours, working time accounts, bonuses and vacation will be regulated in another collective agreement.
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