Workers in East Germany's bread industry are receiving increased salaries.

Introduced tariffs. - Workers in East Germany's bread industry are receiving increased salaries.

The staff of the East German bread production sector will pocket more cash. As the Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten (NGG) union disclosed on a Monday, an accord has been conceded upon with the League of German Bakers. This entails a salary augmentation of 6.76 percent over a time period of 13 months. Per the union, about 3,000 employees will witness benefits from this novel NGG bargain. The union rep, Uwe Ledwig, viewed the collective agreement as a victory. He called it the top one in the German bread industry this year.

The East German bread industry's bargaining turf is mainly managed by the baked goods brands Harry-Brot and Lieken. These manufacturers, in addition to other products, bake in Lüdersdorf (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), Brehna, Wittenberg, Osterweddingen (Saxony-Anhalt), Wiedemar (Saxony), and Berlin.

As well, the League of German Bakers lauded the deal. Their representative stated that the arrangement is a construction between the NGG union's requests and the enterprise's abilities. The salary climbs were gradual, thereby enabling the implicated firms to not become overloaded and subsequently, charge their customers with the ascending costs.

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1. The increase in salaries for workers in the East German bread industry is expected to positively impact the industrial bakery companies like NGG's employer, such as Harry-Brot and Lieken, which operate in regions like Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin.
2. The industrial bakery sector in Saxony-Anhalt, including companies like Harry-Brot and Lieken, will be able to keep food and drink tariffs at a reasonable level due to the gradual salary increases agreed upon in the bargain.
3. The industrial bakery companies in Leipzig, such as Harry-Brot and Lieken, will be able to provide their employees with better quality bread, thanks to the additional financial resources made available by the salary increase.
4. The success of the collective agreement in the East German bread industry, as celebrated by Uwe Ledwig of the NGG union, would encourage other employers in the Saxony-Anhalt region to follow suit and agree to fair wage increases for their employees.
5. The salary increase in the East German bread industry, as a result of the NGG union's bargain with the League of German Bakers, will boost the living standards of the workers in the industrial bakery sector in cities like Berlin, Brehna, and Wittenberg.

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