the trade Union nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten (NGG), which seeks areas of an approximation of the wages to the level of comparable West German companies and the collective had Called. "In the monthly pay wage, there are still differences of up to 800 euros," made NGG-negotiators Olaf Klenke significantly. The Saxon employers ' Association food and beverage rejected the claims. The employees, the key is to be not longer than second-class workers treated who received partial poverty wages, as Klenke. The trade Union wants to achieve in negotiations with the employers ' Association, wages will be gradually adjusted. It should be also opening clauses to the individual Situation of individual farms go out of business. However, the Association refused negotiations are currently in progress. Instead, he had recommended its member companies to increase the fees a voluntary 3 percent.

The employers ' Association said in a statement, the NGG challenge in the current bargaining round and up to 45 percent more wage and salary employees. "On this basis, a serious, collective bargaining led to be, is not comprehensible, especially since the NGG makes negotiations conditional on the fact that the employer accept this request, on the merits," it said literally. Negotiated, only the time frame to Reach the finish line should be. With negotiations like this have nothing to do. In addition, the employer pointed out that in the erährung industry the Corona pandemic, economic difficulties, many businesses would have.

The collective area of the food industry of Saxony, according to trade Union figures, a total of over 1300 people in a dozen Companies.