AB InBev workers organized by IUF affiliate Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten (NGG) are staging warning strikes at the AB InBev factories in Bremen, Issum and Wernigerode, Germany, over the company’s insufficient wage offer.
- NGG is demanding a 12% wage increase over the next twelve months, 150 EUR more in training allowances, the permanent employment of trainees, and subsidies for trainees for rent, public transport, and canteen subsidies
- AB InBev is offering a wage increase of 2.6 % and a one-time payment of 1000 EUR
- Workers producing the Beck’s brand in Bremen walked off the job on February 22 during the night shift, and on February 23 for four hours; the production lines at Diebels beer in Issum and at Hasseröder in Wernigerode stopped for a two-hour warning strike on February 23
NGG Secretary Claudia Hempel stated, “AB InBev’s wage increase offer is far below the inflation rate and does not do justice to our members. A pay increase is needed just to keep pace with inflation.”
