Overview

• NGG launched a 36-hour warning strike in Hamburg starting July 11 to press Lieferando’s parent company for a collective bargaining agreement and signal the start of nationwide actions.
• Drivers are demanding a €15 minimum wage, tariff surcharges and protections against subcontracting practices they say have led to roughly 500 job cuts and minimum-wage breaches through firms like Fleetlery.
• Takeaway Express predicts limited service disruption in Hamburg because most restaurants self-deliver and expects only a small number of drivers to join the strike.
• From August, car-based delivery staff will lose order-speed bonuses that account for a significant share of their pay, reinforcing calls for a guaranteed base wage.
• Prosus’s €4.1 billion bid for Just Eat Takeaway remains open until July 29, and union leaders hope the impending deal will tip the balance in favour of formal wage negotiations.