Overview

• NGG called a 16-hour warning strike from 6 a.m. at four northern sites—Hildesheim, Lüneburg, Mölln and Achim—with roughly 500 participants expected out of about 1,200 employees.
• The union frames the action as the opening of a potential nationwide wave if no improved offer emerges in the coming days.
• NGG demands a 5% pay rise plus a €150 monthly flat increase retroactive to September 1, while it says Coca-Cola proposed no raise for 2025 and 1.5% for 2026.
• Coca-Cola disputes the idea of a 2025 "zero round," citing a March step-up of about 3.5% or €170 under the previous agreement and calling its current proposal economically viable.
• The company says it does not expect product shortages from the strike, though some deliveries are being postponed, with the next bargaining round set for November 10–12 in Hamburg.