Germans worry their beloved kebab may get more pricy or even scarce because of factory strike
BERLIN (AP) – Germans in kebab anger.
They are concerned about the most popular street food option, A pita spicy, juicy kebab This can be found in every street corner of Germany, more expensive or worse, Country It may be entering a national kebab shortage.
Even if these fears are exaggerated at first, they are not unfounded. Workers in one of the largest kebab factories in Germany are locked in a pain and ongoing fight with their employers on wage and working conditions.
For weeks, the workers at the Birtat Meat World SE factory in southwest of Germany have repeatedly stopped the production line while walking their business while walking their business in “Warning Strike”, which demanded wage increases per month ($ 434).
Their existing salaries are changing a lot and not explained. According to the German news agency DPA, the Food, Drinks and Catering Association representing them says that payment methods are not transparent and that the workers are given very different salaries for the same kind of work.
Workers are also trying to regulate a collective contract agreement for all employees with the help of union.
Migrant workers
Many workers are immigrants from Türkiye, Romania or Bulgaria, who have long, difficult working days in the factory, which has freezing temperatures to keep raw meat fresh.
On Wednesday, many workers came out of their work again, shook the flag in front of the main gate of the factory, stole drums, whistled and shouted for higher salaries and unionized contracts.
The German media reported that Birtat has not been given to any of the demands so far. The company did not immediately respond to the interview requests.
Millions of consumers every month
Located 30 kilometers north of Stuttgart (about 20 miles), Birtat has been making kebab skewers for more than 30 years. The company says that on its website, 120 kilograms (260 pounds) weighing minced meat, beef, chicken or turkey kebab.
Workers cut meat, marinate and push the parts of the raw product to long metal skewers. The meat is then frozen and delivered to restaurants around the country.
Birtat says it provides thousands of kebab stands and fast food spaces and reaches more than 13 million consumers each month. Some restaurant owners are concerned that if workers decide to go on a long-term strike, the German’s favorite fast-food snack may be really more expensive or even less.
Rising prices
Since the Germans already sold a cheap staple with a cheap staple sold about twenty years ago, most places are at least 7 euros ($ 8) or more.
Halil Duman was thinking about the situation of the kebab business because he was busy slicing fine ground beef pieces in Pergamon Döner, a small eatery at the Friedrichstrasse train station of Berlin, where people were lined up for lunch.
“Everything is getting harder,” 68 -year -old Turkish immigrant said. “The product is becoming more expensive and now we make profit.”
Duman, who has been working in the Kebab stores in the German capital for more than 30 years and sells the classic kebab sandwich 7.50 euros (about $ 8,70), said, “If we increase the prices more, people won’t buy anymore,” he said.
Kebab History in Germany
The Germans have fallen for a long time kebab sandwichIt is called doner in Germany. The word comes from the verb “freezing”, that is, the doner-etmak grilled for hours with saliva and when it is sharp and brown, the razor is cut in thin slices.
It was first brought to Berlin by Turkish immigrants in the 1970s, grilled meat snackWrapped in the bread bread, which is wrapped in lettuce, tomatoes, onions and different dressings, is now sold all over Germany from the Baltic Sea to the Bavarian Alps.
According to legend, in 1971, the first Doner Sandwich was Mahmut Aygun, a Turkish guest worker who sold a piece of yogurt sauce with a yogurt sauce at a stand near a main train station next to a zoo in West Berlin.
Approximately 2.9 million people with Turkish roots live in Germany – but Doner Kebab Sandwich became more widespread than that many foreign tourists think that they are often German and did not even know the snack migrant past.
Nele Langfeld, a 22 -year -old university student, came to Pergamon Döner because she wanted delicious comfort foods after finishing an exam.
While waiting in line, he did not hear the labor dispute in Birtat, but he did not like a possible rotation or higher prices.
Orum I live with a budget and this is the last thing I need, ”he said. “Doner, an affordable meal that really fills your stomach – this should stay in this way.”
