Germany: NGG says voluntarism has failed, demands strict regulation and enforcement to tackle abusive conditions behind coronavirus outbreaks in meat processing
...infected with COVID-19 at the giant Tönnies plant (over 6,500 workers) in Rheda-Wiedenbrück alone, where local authorities have re-imposed strict lockdowns just as economic activity was reviving. In May, the federal...
European meat affiliates demand action to stop abuses
On October 19, the German Food Workers Union NGG organized a conference for IUF European meat affiliates at Rheda-Wiedenbrück, where Tönnies, Germany’s largest meat processor is based. According to the...
Breakthrough in Germany in the struggle against wage dumping
...are demanding European action against unfair competition. Tonnies, Vion, Westfleisch and Danish Crown slaughter about 60 percent of all the pigs in Germany. This means that they probably employ more...