Wage step for 3,000 bakers: East reaches tariff parity to the west!
Wage step for 3,000 bakers: East reaches tariff parity to the west!
In an impressive step, the union food-enjoyment restaurant (NGG) has recently achieved significant payments for employees in the BROTENDELLIE East. This affects around 3,000 employees of large baked goods manufacturers, and the collective agreement provides for a gradual adjustment of wages to the highest level of tariff in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. As barnim-aktuell.de from February 2025 can look forward to a fee increase of 1.1%, followed by another increase by 3% on June 1, 2025. Level is then planned for December 1, 2025. This year the previous collective bargaining will expect a fee of up to 5.6% for employees in the Brote Industrie Ost.
Uwe Ledwig, the negotiator and chair of the NGG Ost, sees this conclusion as a great success for the employees. He emphasizes that this is a significant step in strengthening the union in the companies. Incidentally, the NGG also undertakes a furious advance against wage discrimination between East and West Germany with this tariff degree.
Details on the collective agreement
The collective agreement is no coincidence, but was negotiated in joint effort with the Association of German major bakeries. Such a procedure could also have a model for other, ongoing collective bargaining in West German regions. In October 2026, a further increase in wage is also planned by 2.4%, which further strengthens the negotiation. The goal is clear: the NGG wants to initiate broad nationwide talks about surcharges, special vacations and other tariff elements in order to further improve working conditions in the industry, as can be seen from the information from dgb.de results.
The background to these developments is that the bread industry East is strongly dominated by companies such as Harry-Brot GmbH, the largest German baked goods manufacturer and the Lieken group, which belongs to the Czech Agrofert Group. The effects of the collective bargaining will therefore not only benefit the employees of the big players in the industry, but also smaller companies, such as the Wittenberg bakery, which also fall below the collective agreement with around 400 employees.The status of the tariff bond
The latest developments in the bread industry also lead a light on the general situation of collective bargaining in Germany. According to bpb.de the degree of coverage of collective agreements in 2018 fell to 54%, which is a worrying development in 2000. < /> Especially in the east of Germany, the collective bargaining is 45% below the western level of 56%. Although the Federal Republic has a relatively low joy of strike in international comparison, the progress that is achieved through trade union negotiations as in the Brote Industrie East are an important signal for the entire industry.
This shows that a good hand in the collective bargaining not only adapts a wage, but also increases the appreciation of the employees and sets a clear sign of fair working conditions. In the coming months we will be curious to see how the negotiations already scheduled and the associated tariff increases will develop. With this collective bargaining, the Brote Industrie Ost has taken a significant step in the right direction, on which many other industries should jump to make wages fairly and support the employees.
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